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Weak valueActiveMONEY BAGS · $1 · New York Lottery
MONEY BAGS: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.62 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#5 of 14 · $1 NY games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#5 of 14 · $1 NY games
MONEY BAGS is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 62.0%. 9 of the original 10 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 6% of the 13.6M printed tickets have been sold.
62.0%
expected return
1 in 4.89
odds of any win
9 of 10
$5K top prizes left
6%
claimed · 866k of 13.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,603,798 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
8 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 29,518 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.62 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.62 · 61.6% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.00 · 0.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
2,603,789 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
6% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
13.6M
tickets printed
866k
tickets claimed · 6%
12.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
90%
Tickets left
94%
90% of top prizes remain with 94% 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
#5 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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