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Average valueActive$500,000 BLAST · $5 · New York Lottery
$500,000 BLAST: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.48 on average.
▲ +3.8 pts vs launch#6 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:30 AM
▲ +3.8 pts vs launch#6 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:30 AM
$500,000 BLAST is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.6%, up 3.8 percentage points from the launch value of 65.8%. 1 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 93% of the 9.1M printed tickets have been sold.
69.6%
expected return
1 in 4.02
odds of any win
1 of 3
$500K top prizes left
93%
claimed · 8.5M of 9.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 172,418 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 4,090 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.48 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.76 · 55.1% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $500K
$0.72 · 14.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
172,416 winning tickets remain in this range: 79% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
93% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2024.
9.1M
tickets printed
8.5M
tickets claimed · 93%
683k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
7%
33% of top prizes remain with only 7% 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 $5 NY peers
#6 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 1, 2026, 12:30 AM.
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