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Poor valueActiveLOOSE CHANGE · $1 · New York Lottery
LOOSE CHANGE: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.50 on average.
▼ -14.0 pts vs launch#12 of 14 · $1 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
▼ -14.0 pts vs launch#12 of 14 · $1 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
LOOSE CHANGE is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 50.0%, down 14.0 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 91 of the original 3,205 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 95% of the 153.8M printed tickets have been sold.
50.0%
expected return
1 in 4.70
odds of any win
91 of 3,205
$500 top prizes left
95%
claimed · 146.1M of 153.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,769,862 winning tickets still unclaimed.
9 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 84,317 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.50 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.50 · 50.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
1,769,862 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
95% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2024.
153.8M
tickets printed
146.1M
tickets claimed · 95%
7.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
3%
Tickets left
5%
3% of top prizes remain with 5% 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
#12 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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