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Decent valueActiveVIP MILLIONS · $30 · New York Lottery
VIP MILLIONS: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $22.82 on average.
▲ +1.9 pts vs launch#4 of 8 · $30 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:30 PM
▲ +1.9 pts vs launch#4 of 8 · $30 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:30 PM
VIP MILLIONS is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.1%, up 1.9 percentage points from the launch value of 74.1%. 2 of the original 4 $5,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 70% of the 21.9M printed tickets have been sold.
76.1%
expected return
1 in 3.59
odds of any win
2 of 4
$5M jackpots left
70%
claimed · 15.4M of 21.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,818,163 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 $22.82 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$19.67 · 65.6% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$0.24 · 0.8% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$2.91 · 9.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
66.4%
Just 11 tickets out of 6.5M 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
1,817,742 winning tickets remain in this range: 86% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
70% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2022.
21.9M
tickets printed
15.4M
tickets claimed · 70%
6.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
30%
50% of top prizes remain with only 30% 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
#4 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 6:30 PM.
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