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Decent valueActiveLUCKY 13 · $5 · New York Lottery
LUCKY 13: Decent value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.76 on average.
▲ +10.2 pts vs launch#5 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:32 PM
▲ +10.2 pts vs launch#5 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:32 PM
LUCKY 13 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.2%, up 10.2 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 1 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 94% of the 5.9M printed tickets have been sold.
75.2%
expected return
1 in 4.11
odds of any win
1 of 3
$500K top prizes left
94%
claimed · 5.5M of 5.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 90,704 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $300, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 187,679 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.76 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $300
$2.42 · 48.5% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$1.34 · 26.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $300 wins
90,702 winning tickets remain in this range: 64% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
94% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
5.9M
tickets printed
5.5M
tickets claimed · 94%
375k
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
6%
33% of top prizes remain with only 6% 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
#5 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 6:32 PM.
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