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Poor valueActiveDOUBLE TRIPLE CASHWORD · $5 · New York Lottery
DOUBLE TRIPLE CASHWORD: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.88 on average.
▼ -6.6 pts vs launch#14 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM
▼ -6.6 pts vs launch#14 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM
DOUBLE TRIPLE CASHWORD is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.6%, down 6.6 percentage points from the launch value of 64.2%. 1 of the original 10 $300,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 87% of the 46.3M printed tickets have been sold.
57.6%
expected return
1 in 5.14
odds of any win
1 of 10
$300K top prizes left
87%
claimed · 40.1M of 46.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,195,359 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $300, an actual profit
6 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
81 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 8,779 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.88 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.71 · 54.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $300K
$0.17 · 3.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,195,061 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
87% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2024.
46.3M
tickets printed
40.1M
tickets claimed · 87%
6.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
10%
Tickets left
13%
10% of top prizes remain with 13% 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
#14 of 15
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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