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Average valueActiveVIP MILLIONS · $30 · New York Lottery
VIP MILLIONS: Average value. A $30 ticket pays back $22.16 on average.
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#6 of 8 · $30 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:30 AM
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#6 of 8 · $30 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:30 AM
VIP MILLIONS is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.9%, down 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 74.1%. 1 of the original 4 $5,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 72% of the 21.9M printed tickets have been sold.
73.9%
expected return
1 in 3.59
odds of any win
1 of 4
$5M jackpots left
72%
claimed · 15.7M of 21.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,732,629 winning tickets still unclaimed.
28 win more than $30
$50 – $250, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 472 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $22.16 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$19.66 · 65.5% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$0.25 · 0.8% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$2.25 · 7.5% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
66.4%
Just 10 tickets out of 6.2M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
1,732,227 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
72% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2022.
21.9M
tickets printed
15.7M
tickets claimed · 72%
6.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
28%
25% of top prizes remain with 28% 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 $30 NY peers
#6 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 1, 2026, 12:30 AM.
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