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Weak valueActiveLADY LUCK 25X · $5 · New York Lottery
LADY LUCK 25X: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.28 on average.
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#7 of 15 · $5 NY games
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#7 of 15 · $5 NY games
LADY LUCK 25X is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.6%, up 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 4 of the original 4 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 12% of the 9.7M printed tickets have been sold.
65.6%
expected return
1 in 4.28
odds of any win
4 of 4
$500K top prizes left
12%
claimed · 1.1M of 9.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,005,944 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 4,206 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.28 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.04 · 60.9% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$0.24 · 4.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
2,005,929 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
12% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
9.7M
tickets printed
1.1M
tickets claimed · 12%
8.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
88%
100% of top prizes remain with only 88% 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
#7 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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