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Weak valueActiveWIN $60,000 · $3 · New York Lottery
WIN $60,000: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.86 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#4 of 6 · $3 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#4 of 6 · $3 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
WIN $60,000 is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 63.0%. 2 of the original 4 $60,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 70% of the 11.3M printed tickets have been sold.
62.0%
expected return
1 in 3.92
odds of any win
2 of 4
$60K top prizes left
70%
claimed · 7.9M of 11.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 869,673 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $3
$5 – $250, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 31,024 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.86 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.82 · 60.7% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $60K
$0.04 · 1.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
869,668 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% 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, Oct 2025.
11.3M
tickets printed
7.9M
tickets claimed · 70%
3.4M
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 $3 NY peers
#4 of 6
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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