$2,000,000 CASHWORD is one of the New York Lottery's $20 games. Its expected return of $0.67 per $1 sits $0.06 below the typical $20 ticket in New York. Only 6% of its prizes are still unclaimed. Its ValueScore of 44/100 (Fair) makes it 12th out of 14 $20 tickets in New York. It has been on sale since May 2024.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- $0.67 returned per dollar is roughly what most scratch-offs pay right now.
- Frequent winners: roughly a 26% shot at a prize on each ticket (1 in 3.82), ahead of most games.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,000,000 ($100,000 a year for 20 years) | 1 in 4,571,313 | 4 | 0 | Claimed |
| $10,000 | 1 in 304,754 | 60 | 2 | 3% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 19,746 | 926 | 37 | 4% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 7,999 | 2,286 | 139 | 6% |
| $500 | 1 in 300 | 60,968 | 2,486 | 4% |
| $200 | 1 in 120 | 152,273 | 7,801 | 5% |
| $100 | 1 in 75 | 243,854 | 11,561 | 5% |
| $60 | 1 in 80 | 228,648 | 12,099 | 5% |
| $50 | 1 in 25 | 731,410 | 30,883 | 4% |
| $40 | 1 in 16 | 1,170,262 | 62,943 | 5% |
| $20 | 1 in 8 | 2,194,183 | 151,911 | 7% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
The last $2,000,000 top prize was reported claimed on June 12. 1 was left on March 12, when our records for it began.
- June 12, 20261 claimed · 0 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for New York's $20 games (0.5% 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
- 1609
- Ticket Price
- $20
- Start Date
- 5/7/2024
- Payout %
- 66.8%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/9/2026
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All 14 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,000,000 SPECTACULAR | 91 | 1 in 3.85 | 73.1% | $5M · 4 | - |
| MILLIONAIRE RICHES | 89 | 1 in 3.76 | 73.2% | $5M · 4 | 0.7% |
| $10,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE | 83 | 1 in 3.72 | 74.2% | $10M · 2 | 0.7% |
| $5,000,000 BLITZ | 79 | 1 in 3.79 | 73.3% | $5M · 3 | 0.3% |
| 200Xtra | 78 | 1 in 3.67 | 73.2% | $5M · 2 | 0.8% |
| $2,000,000 100X CASHWORD | 77 | 1 in 3.82 | 66.8% | $2M · 3 | 0.9% |
| MYSTERY MULTIPLIER | 72 | 1 in 3.67 | 73.3% | $5M · 2 | 0.6% |
| BONUS 100X | 67 | 1 in 3.66 | 74.9% | $5M · 2 | 0.4% |
| $5,000,000 CASH ROYALE | 65 | 1 in 3.90 | 74.7% | $5M · 1 | 0.2% |
| $2,000,000 CASHWORD (this game) | 44 | 1 in 3.82 | 66.8% | $2M · 0 | 0.0% |
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.