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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 $14.69 on average.
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#6 of 12 · $20 NY gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:30 PM
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#6 of 12 · $20 NY gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:30 PM
$5,000,000 CASH ROYALE is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.4%, down 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 74.6%. 1 of the original 4 $250K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 72% of the 18.2M printed tickets have been sold.
73.4%
expected return
1 in 3.90
odds of any win
1 of 4
$5M jackpots left
72%
claimed · 13M of 18.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,314,190 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 327 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.69 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
$1.05 · 5.3% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$0.98 · 4.9% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.6%
Just 1 ticket out of 5.1M 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
1,312,605 winning tickets remain in this range: 86% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
72% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2023.
18.2M
tickets printed
13M
tickets claimed · 72%
5.1M
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
28%
25% of top prizes remain with 28% 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 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 12:30 PM.
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