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Weak valueActive$5,000 HOLIDAY FRENZY/$5,000 GOLD · $10 · New York Lottery
$5,000 HOLIDAY FRENZY/$5,000 GOLD: Weak value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.50 on average.
▼ -5.5 pts vs launch#9 of 12 · $10 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:32 PM
▼ -5.5 pts vs launch#9 of 12 · $10 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:32 PM
$5,000 HOLIDAY FRENZY/$5,000 GOLD is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.0%, down 5.5 percentage points from the launch value of 70.5%. 41 of the original 513 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 92% of the 6.1M printed tickets have been sold.
65.0%
expected return
1 in 3.85
odds of any win
41 of 513
$5K top prizes left
92%
claimed · 5.6M of 6.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 119,630 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $10
$20 or $50 or $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,403 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.50 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.05 · 60.5% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.45 · 4.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
119,589 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
92% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
6.1M
tickets printed
5.6M
tickets claimed · 92%
459k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
8%
Tickets left
8%
8% of top prizes remain with only 8% 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
#9 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 6:32 PM.
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