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Decent valueActive300X THE MONEY · $30 · New York Lottery
300X THE MONEY: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $22.72 on average.
▼ -0.9 pts vs launch#5 of 8 · $30 NY gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:32 AM
▼ -0.9 pts vs launch#5 of 8 · $30 NY gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:32 AM
300X THE MONEY is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.7%, down 0.9 percentage points from the launch value of 76.6%. 3 of the original 4 $500K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 14% of the 17.8M printed tickets have been sold.
75.7%
expected return
1 in 3.61
odds of any win
3 of 4
$10M jackpots left
14%
claimed · 2.5M of 17.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 4,245,237 winning tickets still unclaimed.
28 win more than $30
$50 – $300, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 528 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $22.72 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$19.77 · 65.9% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $150K
$0.99 · 3.3% of price
Jackpots $10M+
$1.96 · 6.5% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
69.2%
Just 3 tickets out of 15.3M carry the $10M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
4,241,805 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
14% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
17.8M
tickets printed
2.5M
tickets claimed · 14%
15.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
86%
75% of top prizes remain with 86% 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 $30 NY peers
#5 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 12:32 AM.
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