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Poor valueActiveSHOW ME $500 · $10 · New York Lottery
SHOW ME $500: Poor value. A $10 ticket pays back $0.15 on average.
▼ -40.9 pts vs launch#12 of 12 · $10 NY gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:31 AM
▼ -40.9 pts vs launch#12 of 12 · $10 NY gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:31 AM
SHOW ME $500 is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 1.5%, down 40.9 percentage points from the launch value of 42.4%. 524 of the original 42,396 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 61% of the 29.0M printed tickets have been sold.
1.5%
expected return
1 in 4.17
odds of any win
524 of 42,396
$500 top prizes left
61%
claimed · 17.7M of 29M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 81,073 winning tickets still unclaimed.
0 win more than $10
$20 – $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
100 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 21,636 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.15 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$0.15 · 1.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
81,073 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
61% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2024.
29M
tickets printed
17.7M
tickets claimed · 61%
11.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
1%
Tickets left
39%
1% of top prizes remain with 39% 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 $10 NY peers
#12 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 12:31 AM.
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