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Poor valueActiveCASH DROP · $2 · New York Lottery
CASH DROP: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.18 on average.
▼ -3.5 pts vs launch#7 of 13 · $2 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM
▼ -3.5 pts vs launch#7 of 13 · $2 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM
CASH DROP is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.0%, down 3.5 percentage points from the launch value of 62.5%. 2 of the original 8 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 9.9M printed tickets have been sold.
59.0%
expected return
1 in 4.81
odds of any win
2 of 8
$25K top prizes left
85%
claimed · 8.3M of 9.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 311,046 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$4 – $250, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 38,610 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.18 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.15 · 57.3% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $25K
$0.03 · 1.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
311,043 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
85% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2024.
9.9M
tickets printed
8.3M
tickets claimed · 85%
1.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
15%
25% of top prizes remain with only 15% 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 $2 NY peers
#7 of 13
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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