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$10,000 A WEEK FOR LIFENew York Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: New York Lottery
82
VALUESCORE
Excellent
$20New YorkGame #1686GREEN
At a glance

$10,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE costs $20 a ticket from the New York Lottery. The $10,000,000 top prize is an annuity: $10,000 a week for life ($10,000,000 guaranteed minimum). Prizes of $10,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 94,137 tickets.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.72
Exp. Value
$0.74
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$10,000,000
$10,000 a week for life ($10,000,000 guaranteed minimum)
Top Prizes Left
2
Prizes Remaining
60%
ValueScore™
82 / 100
Excellent

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.74
↑
GREAT VALUE
It ranks #5, ahead of roughly 96% of New York's 107 active games, and it is 3rd of the 14 active $20 games in New York.
Why
↑You get back about $0.74 per $1 on average, which is normal for this price.
  • Wins hit often: about a 27% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 3.72), better than most games.
  • Fresh prize pool: most of this game's prizes are still on the table.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14
$10,000,000
$10,000 a week for life ($10,000,000 guaranteed minimum)
2 of 3 left
launch odds 1 in 8.2M
now ~1 in 7.4M
$10,000
155 of 257 left
launch odds 1 in 95K
now ~1 in 95K
$2,500
514 of 845 left
launch odds 1 in 29K
now ~1 in 29K
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeOddsTotalLeftStatus
$10,000,000
($10,000 a week for life ($10,000,000 guaranteed minimum))
1 in 8,163,90032
67%
$10,0001 in 95,298257155
60%
$2,5001 in 28,984845514
61%
$5001 in 64138,18022,880
60%
$2001 in 90270,738162,082
60%
$1001 in 36685,965410,433
60%
$501 in 191,273,507767,653
60%
$401 in 131,861,0461,118,410
60%
$201 in 102,448,9421,479,397
60%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$363,612,630
Current Prize Pool
$220,441,690
Payout Percentage
60.6%
Total Prizes Remaining
3,961,526

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
24,475,677
Estimated Remaining
14,736,877
% Remaining
60.2%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

All 2 $10,000,000 top prizes left on August 8, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.

20
August 8October 14

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.7% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about twice the average for New York's $20 games (0.4% a week).

From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.

ValueScore™ Breakdown

82
VALUESCORE
Excellent
82
out of 100
Expected Value
37/40
Prize Quality
15/25
Win Frequency
18/20
Inventory Health
12/15
Updated: 10/14/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1686
Ticket Price
$20
Start Date
9/24/2025
Payout %
74.2%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/14/2026

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$20.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.72 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the $10,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE scratch-off a good buy?
Yes. $10,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE has a ValueScore of 82/100 (Excellent) and is 3rd of the 14 active $20 games in New York. It pays back about $0.74 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the $10,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with $10,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE are 1 in 3.72. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for $10,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE?
The top prize for $10,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE is $10,000,000. As of our latest update, 2 top prizes remain unclaimed.

Every $20 ticket in New York

All 14 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
$5,000,000 SPECTACULAR911 in 3.8573.1%$5M · 4-
MILLIONAIRE RICHES891 in 3.7673.2%$5M · 40.7%
$10,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE (this game)821 in 3.7274.2%$10M · 20.7%
$5,000,000 BLITZ801 in 3.7973.3%$5M · 30.3%
200Xtra781 in 3.6773.2%$5M · 20.8%
$2,000,000 100X CASHWORD771 in 3.8266.8%$2M · 30.9%
MYSTERY MULTIPLIER711 in 3.6773.3%$5M · 20.5%
BONUS 100X671 in 3.6674.9%$5M · 20.4%
$5,000,000 CASH ROYALE641 in 3.9074.7%$5M · 10.2%
$300,000,000 CASH PAYOUT561 in 3.5572.7%$5M · 10.2%

Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.