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Strong valueActiveJACKPOT FORTUNE · $30 · New York Lottery
JACKPOT FORTUNE: Strong value. A $30 ticket pays back $24.07 on average.
▲ +4.5 pts vs launch#2 of 8 · $30 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:30 AM
▲ +4.5 pts vs launch#2 of 8 · $30 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:30 AM
JACKPOT FORTUNE is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.2%, up 4.5 percentage points from the launch value of 75.8%. 1 of the original 3 $500K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 82% of the 18.1M printed tickets have been sold.
80.2%
expected return
1 in 3.65
odds of any win
1 of 3
$10M jackpots left
82%
claimed · 15M of 18.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 864,400 winning tickets still unclaimed.
27 win more than $30
$50 – $250, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 368 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $24.07 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$19.97 · 66.6% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$0.95 · 3.2% of price
Jackpots $10M+
$3.15 · 10.5% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
69.7%
Just 1 ticket out of 3.2M carry the $10M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
863,517 winning tickets remain in this range: 83% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
82% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2023.
18.1M
tickets printed
15M
tickets claimed · 82%
3.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
18%
33% of top prizes remain with only 18% 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 $30 NY peers
#2 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 1, 2026, 12:30 AM.
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