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Exceptional valueActivePLUS THE MONEY · $5 · New York Lottery
PLUS THE MONEY: Exceptional value. A $5 ticket pays back $4.53 on average.
▲ +24.8 pts vs launch#3 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:30 AM
▲ +24.8 pts vs launch#3 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:30 AM
PLUS THE MONEY is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 90.6%, up 24.8 percentage points from the launch value of 65.8%. 2 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 95% of the 9.1M printed tickets have been sold.
90.6%
expected return
1 in 4.57
odds of any win
2 of 3
$500K top prizes left
95%
claimed · 8.6M of 9.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 105,615 winning tickets still unclaimed.
9 win more than $5
$10 – $300, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,811 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $4.53 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.47 · 49.5% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $500K
$2.06 · 41.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
105,613 winning tickets remain in this range: 55% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
95% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2023.
9.1M
tickets printed
8.6M
tickets claimed · 95%
486k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
5%
67% of top prizes remain with only 5% 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
#3 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 12:30 AM.
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