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Weak valueActiveCASH LINES · $5 · New York Lottery
CASH LINES: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.24 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#10 of 17 · $5 NY games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#10 of 17 · $5 NY games
CASH LINES is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.8%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 64.8%. 3 of the original 3 $300,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 0% of the 6.9M printed tickets have been sold.
64.8%
expected return
1 in 4.09
odds of any win
3 of 3
$300K top prizes left
0%
claimed · 3k of 6.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,692,058 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 7,280 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.24 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.07 · 61.4% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $300K
$0.17 · 3.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,691,969 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
0% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
6.9M
tickets printed
3k
tickets claimed · 0%
6.9M
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
100%
100% of top prizes remain with only 100% 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
#10 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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