$500 HOLIDAY BONUS costs $5 a ticket from the New York Lottery. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $500 prize now runs about 1 in 4,578 by our estimate, against 1 in 3,109 at launch. No $5 ticket in New York has better overall odds: 1 in 3.93, against 28 others at that price.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 3,109 at launch, about 1 in 4,578 now. The $500 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Low inventory: most of this game's prizes have already been claimed.
- You get back about $0.65 per $1 on average, which is normal for this price.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 1 in 3,111 | 1,570 | 173 | 11% |
| $100 | 1 in 1,203 | 4,061 | 515 | 13% |
| $50 | 1 in 64 | 76,260 | 9,778 | 13% |
| $20 | 1 in 27 | 183,120 | 23,169 | 13% |
| $10 | 1 in 11 | 464,091 | 71,899 | 15% |
| $5 | 1 in 10 | 512,873 | 95,985 | 19% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 46 $500 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 173. The most recent was on September 10.
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 $5 games (0.6% 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
- 1675
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 11/4/2025
- Payout %
- 65.0%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/9/2026
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All 29 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 73 | 1 in 4.15 | 64.9% | $500K · 3 | - |
| CASH LINES | 72 | 1 in 4.09 | 64.9% | $300K · 3 | 1.5% |
| LUCKY NUMBERS | 69 | 1 in 4.51 | 65.1% | $300K · 4 | - |
| LADY LUCK 25X | 60 | 1 in 4.28 | 65.0% | $500K · 3 | 2.3% |
| DOUBLE TRIPLE CASHWORD | 52 | 1 in 5.14 | 64.2% | $300K · 9 | 0.9% |
| $1,000,000 MUST LOVE DOGS | 52 | 1 in 4.23 | 67.2% | $1M · 1 | 1.0% |
| HOT DOG! | 52 | 1 in 4.45 | 64.9% | $500K · 2 | 1.8% |
| POT OF GOLD | 49 | 1 in 4.35 | 66.2% | $500K · 1 | 1.4% |
| MORE MONEY | 48 | 1 in 4.42 | 67.9% | $1M · 0 | 0.0% |
| $500 HOLIDAY BONUS (this game) | 42 | 1 in 3.93 | 65.0% | $500 · 173 | 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.