ULTIMATE CASH is a $30 ticket from the New York Lottery. On average it pays back about $0.76 per $1, $0.02 more than the median $30 game in New York. None of its winning tickets pays $30 or less: every prize is worth more than the ticket.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 6.2M at launch, about 1 in 8.0M now. The $10,000,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Frequent winners: roughly a 27% shot at a prize on each ticket (1 in 3.64), ahead of most games.
- Inventory is about half depleted, but a fair number of prizes are still out there.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,000,000 ($500,000 a year for 20 years) | 1 in 6,176,733 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| $20,000 | 1 in 741,208 | 25 | 10 | 40% |
| $8,000 | 1 in 463,255 | 40 | 17 | 43% |
| $4,000 | 1 in 9,883 | 1,875 | 810 | 43% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 5,991 | 3,093 | 1,375 | 44% |
| $400 | 1 in 215 | 86,365 | 37,091 | 43% |
| $200 | 1 in 100 | 185,428 | 79,656 | 43% |
| $100 | 1 in 25 | 741,198 | 318,790 | 43% |
| $75 | 1 in 17 | 1,111,858 | 479,915 | 43% |
| $50 | 1 in 6 | 2,964,760 | 1,280,513 | 43% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 12, when our records for it began, one $10,000,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on June 7.
- June 7, 20261 claimed · 1 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.5% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, faster than the average for New York's $30 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
Game Details
- State
- New York
- Game Number
- 1650
- Ticket Price
- $30
- Start Date
- 4/1/2025
- Payout %
- 75.9%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/14/2026
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Every $30 ticket in New York
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300X THE MONEY | 89 | 1 in 3.61 | 76.7% | $10M · 3 | 0.9% |
| $3,000,000 200X CASHWORD | 83 | 1 in 3.84 | 66.8% | $3M · 4 | - |
| ULTIMATE CASH (this game) | 77 | 1 in 3.64 | 75.9% | $10M · 1 | 0.5% |
| $10,000,000 CASH | 69 | 1 in 3.65 | 76.1% | $10M · 1 | 0.3% |
| VIP MILLIONS | 67 | 1 in 3.59 | 74.2% | $5M · 1 | 0.2% |
| JACKPOT FORTUNE | 65 | 1 in 3.65 | 75.8% | $10M · 1 | 0.3% |
| X SERIES: 200X | 57 | 1 in 3.62 | 74.2% | $10M · 1 | 0.2% |
| $100, $200 OR $500! | 37 | 1 in 6.25 | 73.3% | $500 · 1,424 | - |
| $100, $200 0R $500 | 36 | 1 in 6.25 | 73.3% | $500 · 1,014 | - |
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.