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Weak valueActiveCASHWORD · $2 · New York Lottery
CASHWORD: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.22 on average.
▼ -3.5 pts vs launch#4 of 12 · $2 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
▼ -3.5 pts vs launch#4 of 12 · $2 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
CASHWORD is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 61.0%, down 3.5 percentage points from the launch value of 64.5%. 6 of the original 24 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 63% of the 40.9M printed tickets have been sold.
61.0%
expected return
1 in 5.02
odds of any win
6 of 24
$10K top prizes left
63%
claimed · 25.7M of 40.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,023,471 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$5 – $100, 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 233,789 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.22 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$1.21 · 60.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.01 · 0.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
3,023,406 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
63% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2025.
40.9M
tickets printed
25.7M
tickets claimed · 63%
15.2M
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
37%
25% of top prizes remain with 37% 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
#4 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM.
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