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Strong valueActiveMONEY RUSH · $5 · New York Lottery
MONEY RUSH: Strong value. A $5 ticket pays back $4.15 on average.
▲ +17.2 pts vs launch#4 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM
▲ +17.2 pts vs launch#4 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM
MONEY RUSH is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 83.0%, up 17.2 percentage points from the launch value of 65.8%. 1 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 94% of the 6.2M printed tickets have been sold.
83.0%
expected return
1 in 4.60
odds of any win
1 of 3
$500K top prizes left
94%
claimed · 5.8M of 6.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 85,391 winning tickets still unclaimed.
22 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 16,096 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $4.15 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$2.88 · 57.6% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$1.27 · 25.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
85,390 winning tickets remain in this range: 69% 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 2024.
6.2M
tickets printed
5.8M
tickets claimed · 94%
386k
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
#4 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM.
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