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Weak valueActiveINSTANT TAKE 5 · $1 · New York Lottery
INSTANT TAKE 5: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.62 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#5 of 14 · $1 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#5 of 14 · $1 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
INSTANT TAKE 5 is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 62.0%. 63 of the original 95 $5,555 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 40% of the 50.4M printed tickets have been sold.
62.0%
expected return
1 in 4.69
odds of any win
63 of 95
$6K top prizes left
40%
claimed · 20.3M of 50.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 17,118,784 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
47 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
43 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 51,443 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.62 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.61 · 61.3% of price
Mid prizes $6K
$0.01 · 0.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
17,118,721 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
40% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2025.
50.4M
tickets printed
20.3M
tickets claimed · 40%
30.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
66%
Tickets left
60%
66% of top prizes remain with only 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 $1 NY peers
#5 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM.
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