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Poor valueActiveDOUBLE DEUCES · $2 · New York Lottery
DOUBLE DEUCES: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.15 on average.
▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#10 of 13 · $2 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM
▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#10 of 13 · $2 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM
DOUBLE DEUCES is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.5%, down 5.0 percentage points from the launch value of 62.5%. 2 of the original 10 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 88% of the 9.6M printed tickets have been sold.
57.5%
expected return
1 in 4.88
odds of any win
2 of 10
$25K top prizes left
88%
claimed · 8.5M of 9.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 228,249 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 369,277 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.15 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $200
$1.10 · 55.2% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $25K
$0.05 · 2.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $200 wins
228,246 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
88% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2024.
9.6M
tickets printed
8.5M
tickets claimed · 88%
1.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
12%
20% of top prizes remain with only 12% 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
#10 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM.
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