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ActiveCASHWORD EXTRA! · $3 · New York Lottery

CASHWORD EXTRA!: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.72 on average.

-5.7 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $3 NY gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:32 AM

CASHWORD EXTRA! is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.3%, down 5.7 percentage points from the launch value of 63.0%. 1 of the original 4 $60,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 80% of the 15.3M printed tickets have been sold.

57.3%
expected return
1 in 4.06
odds of any win
1 of 4
$60K top prizes left
80%
claimed · 12.2M of 15.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 752,309 winning tickets still unclaimed.

12 win more than $3
$5 – $300, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 438,970 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map

Where the $1.72 comes from

The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.

Small wins $3 – $300
$1.69 · 56.4% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $60K
$0.03 · 1.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $300 wins
752,302 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress

80% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there

Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.

15.3M
tickets printed
12.2M
tickets claimed · 80%
3.1M
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
20%
25% of top prizes remain with only 20% 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 $3 NY peers
#6 of 6
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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