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Poor valueActiveCASHWORD DOUBLER · $2 · New York Lottery
CASHWORD DOUBLER: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $0.72 on average.
▼ -28.0 pts vs launch#13 of 13 · $2 NY gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:30 AM
▼ -28.0 pts vs launch#13 of 13 · $2 NY gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:30 AM
CASHWORD DOUBLER is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 36.0%, down 28.0 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 1 of the original 30 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 93% of the 82.0M printed tickets have been sold.
36.0%
expected return
1 in 5.09
odds of any win
1 of 30
$20K top prizes left
93%
claimed · 76M of 82M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,161,655 winning tickets still unclaimed.
7 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
81 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 493,425 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.72 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $200
$0.71 · 35.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.01 · 0.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $200 wins
1,161,643 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
93% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2022.
82M
tickets printed
76M
tickets claimed · 93%
5.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
3%
Tickets left
7%
3% of top prizes remain with 7% 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
#13 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 12:30 AM.
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