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ActiveTRIPLE MATCH · $1 · New York Lottery

TRIPLE MATCH: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.60 on average.

-2.0 pts vs launch#7 of 14 · $1 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM

TRIPLE MATCH is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 60.0%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 62.0%. 6 of the original 15 $3,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 79% of the 13.6M printed tickets have been sold.

60.0%
expected return
1 in 4.98
odds of any win
6 of 15
$3K top prizes left
79%
claimed · 10.7M of 13.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 568,970 winning tickets still unclaimed.

12 win more than $1
$2 – $300, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 473,678 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map

Where the $0.60 comes from

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

Small wins $1 – $300
$0.59 · 59.4% of price
Mid prizes $3K
$0.01 · 0.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $300 wins
568,964 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress

79% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there

Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2025.

13.6M
tickets printed
10.7M
tickets claimed · 79%
2.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
21%
40% of top prizes remain with only 21% 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 $1 NY peers
#7 of 14
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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