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Weak valueActiveINSTANT TAKE 5 · $1 · New York Lottery
INSTANT TAKE 5: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.63 on average.
▲ +1.0 pts vs launch#2 of 14 · $1 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM
▲ +1.0 pts vs launch#2 of 14 · $1 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM
INSTANT TAKE 5 is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.0%, up 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 62.0%. 20 of the original 95 $5,555 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 96% of the 50.2M printed tickets have been sold.
63.0%
expected return
1 in 4.69
odds of any win
20 of 95
$6K top prizes left
96%
claimed · 48.3M of 50.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,307,475 winning tickets still unclaimed.
9 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
62 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
29 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 17,823 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.63 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.60 · 59.7% of price
Mid prizes $6K
$0.03 · 3.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
1,307,455 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
96% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2024.
50.2M
tickets printed
48.3M
tickets claimed · 96%
1.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
21%
Tickets left
4%
21% of top prizes remain with only 4% 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 $1 NY peers
#2 of 14
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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