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Weak valueActiveCASHWORD DOUBLER · $2 · New York Lottery
CASHWORD DOUBLER: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.26 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#2 of 13 · $2 NY gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:32 AM
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#2 of 13 · $2 NY gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:32 AM
CASHWORD DOUBLER is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 16 of the original 30 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 35% of the 81.7M printed tickets have been sold.
63.0%
expected return
1 in 5.09
odds of any win
16 of 30
$20K top prizes left
35%
claimed · 28.6M of 81.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 10,419,492 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$4 – $200, 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 151,122 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.26 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $200
$1.24 · 62.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.02 · 1.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $200 wins
10,419,141 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
35% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
81.7M
tickets printed
28.6M
tickets claimed · 35%
53M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
53%
Tickets left
65%
53% of top prizes remain with 65% 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
#2 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 12:32 AM.
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