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Average valueActive$3,000,000 MAX MULTIPLIER · $10 · New York Lottery
$3,000,000 MAX MULTIPLIER: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.80 on average.
▼ -1.3 pts vs launch#8 of 13 · $10 NY gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:33 PM
▼ -1.3 pts vs launch#8 of 13 · $10 NY gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:33 PM
$3,000,000 MAX MULTIPLIER is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.0%, down 1.3 percentage points from the launch value of 69.3%. 2 of the original 3 $150K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 12% of the 17.7M printed tickets have been sold.
68.0%
expected return
1 in 4.27
odds of any win
2 of 3
$3M jackpots left
12%
claimed · 2.2M of 17.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,628,754 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $10
$20 – $250, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 535 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.80 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.41 · 64.1% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $5K
$0.01 · 0.1% of price
Jackpots $3M+
$0.39 · 3.9% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
64.1%
Just 2 tickets out of 15.5M carry the $3M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
3,628,723 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
12% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
17.7M
tickets printed
2.2M
tickets claimed · 12%
15.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
88%
67% of top prizes remain with 88% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
New York Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $10 NY peers
#8 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 12:33 PM.
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