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ActiveMULTIPLY YOUR NUMBERS · $3 · New York Lottery

MULTIPLY YOUR NUMBERS: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.78 on average.

-3.7 pts vs launch#5 of 6 · $3 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM

MULTIPLY YOUR NUMBERS is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.3%, down 3.7 percentage points from the launch value of 63.0%. 1 of the original 4 $60,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 94% of the 10.4M printed tickets have been sold.

59.3%
expected return
1 in 4.12
odds of any win
1 of 4
$60K top prizes left
94%
claimed · 9.7M of 10.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 155,626 winning tickets still unclaimed.

13 win more than $3
$5 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 18,162 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map

Where the $1.78 comes from

The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.

Small wins $3 – $500
$1.68 · 56.1% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $60K
$0.10 · 3.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
155,624 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% 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.

10.4M
tickets printed
9.7M
tickets claimed · 94%
636k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
6%
25% 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 $3 NY peers
#5 of 6
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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