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Weak valueActiveDOUBLE TRIPLE CASHWORD · $5 · New York Lottery
DOUBLE TRIPLE CASHWORD: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.20 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#13 of 17 · $5 NY games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#13 of 17 · $5 NY games
DOUBLE TRIPLE CASHWORD is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.0%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 64.2%. 9 of the original 10 $300,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 6% of the 45.8M printed tickets have been sold.
64.0%
expected return
1 in 5.14
odds of any win
9 of 10
$300K top prizes left
6%
claimed · 3M of 45.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 8,328,732 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $300, an actual profit
5 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 7,168 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.20 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.98 · 59.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $300K
$0.22 · 4.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
8,326,323 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
6% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
45.8M
tickets printed
3M
tickets claimed · 6%
42.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
90%
Tickets left
94%
90% of top prizes remain with 94% 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
#13 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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