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Exceptional valueActiveNEW YORK MILLIONAIRE · $5 · New York Lottery
NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE: Exceptional value. A $5 ticket pays back $4.57 on average.
▲ +23.2 pts vs launch#2 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
▲ +23.2 pts vs launch#2 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 91.4%, up 23.2 percentage points from the launch value of 68.2%. 1 of the original 4 $50K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 94% of the 7.9M printed tickets have been sold.
91.4%
expected return
1 in 4.44
odds of any win
1 of 4
$1M jackpots left
94%
claimed · 7.4M of 7.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 106,590 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
11 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 33,955 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $4.57 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.47 · 49.3% of price
Mid prizes $2K
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$2.10 · 42.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
49.3%
Just 1 ticket out of 475k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
106,589 winning tickets remain in this range: 54% 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, Apr 2025.
7.9M
tickets printed
7.4M
tickets claimed · 94%
475k
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 $5 NY peers
#2 of 15
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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