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Poor valueActiveTRIPLE 7-11-21 · $2 · New York Lottery
TRIPLE 7-11-21: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.17 on average.
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#9 of 13 · $2 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#9 of 13 · $2 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM
TRIPLE 7-11-21 is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.5%, down 4.0 percentage points from the launch value of 62.5%. 1 of the original 4 $21,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 86% of the 9.9M printed tickets have been sold.
58.5%
expected return
1 in 4.91
odds of any win
1 of 4
$21K top prizes left
86%
claimed · 8.5M of 9.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 274,131 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 18,615 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.17 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.15 · 57.7% of price
Mid prizes $21K
$0.02 · 0.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
274,130 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
86% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2024.
9.9M
tickets printed
8.5M
tickets claimed · 86%
1.3M
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
14%
25% of top prizes remain with only 14% 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 $2 NY peers
#9 of 13
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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