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Average valueActive$5,000,000 SPECTACULAR · $20 · New York Lottery
$5,000,000 SPECTACULAR: Average value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.65 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#8 of 13 · $20 NY games
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#8 of 13 · $20 NY games
$5,000,000 SPECTACULAR is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.3%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 73.0%. 4 of the original 4 $250K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 4% of the 18.5M printed tickets have been sold.
73.3%
expected return
1 in 3.85
odds of any win
4 of 4
$5M jackpots left
4%
claimed · 785k of 18.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 4,613,072 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $20
$40 – $250, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 480 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.65 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.27 · 66.3% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $20K
$0.26 · 1.3% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$1.13 · 5.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
67.6%
Just 4 tickets out of 17.7M 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
4,611,650 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
4% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
18.5M
tickets printed
785k
tickets claimed · 4%
17.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
96%
100% of top prizes remain with only 96% 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
#8 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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