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Poor valueActive5 TIMES LUCKY · $1 · New York Lottery
5 TIMES LUCKY: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.57 on average.
▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#8 of 14 · $1 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM
▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#8 of 14 · $1 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM
5 TIMES LUCKY is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.0%, down 5.0 percentage points from the launch value of 62.0%. 2 of the original 20 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 90% of the 13.6M printed tickets have been sold.
57.0%
expected return
1 in 4.77
odds of any win
2 of 20
$5K top prizes left
90%
claimed · 12.2M of 13.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 288,973 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 22,223 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.57 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.56 · 56.3% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.01 · 0.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
288,971 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
90% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2024.
13.6M
tickets printed
12.2M
tickets claimed · 90%
1.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
10%
Tickets left
10%
10% of top prizes remain with 10% 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 $1 NY peers
#8 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM.
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