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Poor valueActiveLUCKY 7'S · $1 · New York Lottery
LUCKY 7'S: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.49 on average.
▼ -15.0 pts vs launch#13 of 14 · $1 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
▼ -15.0 pts vs launch#13 of 14 · $1 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
LUCKY 7'S is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 49.0%, down 15.0 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 2 of the original 20 $7,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 88% of the 25.5M printed tickets have been sold.
49.0%
expected return
1 in 4.96
odds of any win
2 of 20
$7K top prizes left
88%
claimed · 22.4M of 25.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 613,933 winning tickets still unclaimed.
9 win more than $1
$2 – $80, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 71,309 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.49 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.49 · 48.5% of price
Mid prizes $7K
$0.00 · 0.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
613,931 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
88% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2025.
25.5M
tickets printed
22.4M
tickets claimed · 88%
3.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
10%
Tickets left
12%
10% of top prizes remain with 12% 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
#13 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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