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Weak valueActiveDOUBLE YOUR MONEY · $5 · New York Lottery
DOUBLE YOUR MONEY: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.13 on average.
▼ -2.4 pts vs launch#12 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:33 PM
▼ -2.4 pts vs launch#12 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:33 PM
DOUBLE YOUR MONEY is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.6%, down 2.4 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 1 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 40% of the 6.7M printed tickets have been sold.
62.6%
expected return
1 in 5.18
odds of any win
1 of 3
$500K top prizes left
40%
claimed · 2.7M of 6.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 782,117 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $5
$10 – $400, an actual profit
0 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 109,327 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.13 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $400
$2.99 · 59.8% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$0.14 · 2.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $400 wins
782,080 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
40% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
6.7M
tickets printed
2.7M
tickets claimed · 40%
4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
60%
33% of top prizes remain with 60% 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
#12 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 12:33 PM.
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