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Poor valueActiveLOOSE CHANGE · $1 · New York Lottery
LOOSE CHANGE: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.44 on average.
▼ -20.0 pts vs launch#14 of 14 · $1 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:30 PM
▼ -20.0 pts vs launch#14 of 14 · $1 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:30 PM
LOOSE CHANGE is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 44.0%, down 20.0 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 54 of the original 3,128 500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 97% of the 154.0M printed tickets have been sold.
44.0%
expected return
1 in 4.70
odds of any win
54 of 3,128
$500 top prizes left
97%
claimed · 148.8M of 154M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,121,771 winning tickets still unclaimed.
7 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 96,611 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.44 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.44 · 44.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
1,121,771 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
97% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2022.
154M
tickets printed
148.8M
tickets claimed · 97%
5.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
2%
Tickets left
3%
2% of top prizes remain with 3% 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
#14 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 6:30 PM.
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