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Weak valueActiveLOOSE CHANGE · $1 · New York Lottery
LOOSE CHANGE: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.64 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 14 · $1 NY games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 14 · $1 NY games
LOOSE CHANGE is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 1,418 of the original 1,548 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 8% of the 74.4M printed tickets have been sold.
64.0%
expected return
1 in 4.70
odds of any win
1,418 of 1,548
$500 top prizes left
8%
claimed · 6.1M of 74.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 14,670,317 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 48,200 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.64 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.64 · 64.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
14,670,317 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
8% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
74.4M
tickets printed
6.1M
tickets claimed · 8%
68.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
92%
Tickets left
92%
92% of top prizes remain with 92% 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
#1 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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