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Average valueActive$5,000,000 CASH ROYALE · $20 · New York Lottery
$5,000,000 CASH ROYALE: Average value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.74 on average.
▼ -0.9 pts vs launch#6 of 13 · $20 NY gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:30 AM
▼ -0.9 pts vs launch#6 of 13 · $20 NY gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:30 AM
$5,000,000 CASH ROYALE is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.7%, down 0.9 percentage points from the launch value of 74.6%. 1 of the original 4 $250K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 73% of the 18.2M printed tickets have been sold.
73.7%
expected return
1 in 3.90
odds of any win
1 of 4
$5M jackpots left
73%
claimed · 13.3M of 18.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,254,484 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $20
$40 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 328 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.74 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.66 · 63.3% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $10K
$1.06 · 5.3% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$1.02 · 5.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.6%
Just 1 ticket out of 4.9M carry the $5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
1,252,962 winning tickets remain in this range: 86% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
73% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2023.
18.2M
tickets printed
13.3M
tickets claimed · 73%
4.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
27%
25% of top prizes remain with 27% 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 $20 NY peers
#6 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:30 AM.
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