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Average valueActiveCASINO NIGHTS · $5 · New York Lottery
CASINO NIGHTS: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.68 on average.
▲ +8.6 pts vs launch#6 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:32 AM
▲ +8.6 pts vs launch#6 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:32 AM
CASINO NIGHTS is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.6%, up 8.6 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 1 of the original 4 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 93% of the 6.1M printed tickets have been sold.
73.6%
expected return
1 in 4.44
odds of any win
1 of 4
$500K top prizes left
93%
claimed · 5.7M of 6.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 99,005 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 18,302 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.68 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.54 · 50.8% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$1.14 · 22.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
99,004 winning tickets remain in this range: 69% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
93% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
6.1M
tickets printed
5.7M
tickets claimed · 93%
439k
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
7%
25% of top prizes remain with only 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 $5 NY peers
#6 of 15
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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