CASH DROP is one of the New York Lottery's $2 games. Our estimate for the $25,000 prize has slipped to about 1 in 1,470,133 per ticket, from 1 in 1,230,076 at launch. Only 15% of its prizes are still unclaimed. It has been on sale since September 2024.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.2M at launch, about 1 in 1.5M now. The $25,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Wins are infrequent: about a 21% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 4.81), lower than most games.
- Expected value of $0.63 per $1 is below average. Less comes back per dollar than most games.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,000 | 1 in 1,231,281 | 8 | 1 | 13% |
| $2,500 | 1 in 492,513 | 20 | 1 | 5% |
| $500 | 1 in 46,684 | 211 | 36 | 17% |
| $250 | 1 in 9,657 | 1,020 | 137 | 13% |
| $100 | 1 in 1,371 | 7,184 | 929 | 13% |
| $50 | 1 in 545 | 18,071 | 2,595 | 14% |
| $25 | 1 in 200 | 49,265 | 6,093 | 12% |
| $20 | 1 in 200 | 49,238 | 6,585 | 13% |
| $10 | 1 in 43 | 226,539 | 29,626 | 13% |
| $5 | 1 in 25 | 394,015 | 56,952 | 14% |
| $4 | 1 in 19 | 512,242 | 77,553 | 15% |
| $2 | 1 in 13 | 788,052 | 125,133 | 16% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, one $25,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on July 19.
- July 19, 20261 claimed · 1 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 $2 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
- 1627
- Ticket Price
- $2
- Start Date
- 9/3/2024
- Payout %
- 62.5%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/9/2026
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Every $2 ticket in New York
All 16 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIN FOR LIFE | 73 | 1 in 3.97 | 78.8% | $1M · 4 | 0.5% |
| CASHWORD DOUBLER (Game #1670) | 42 | 1 in 5.09 | 64.2% | $20K · 14 | 0.9% |
| WIN IT ALL | 40 | 1 in 4.89 | 62.5% | $25K · 6 | 3.1% |
| BONUS BLACKJACK | 35 | 1 in 4.89 | 62.5% | $21K · 5 | 1.2% |
| CASHWORD | 28 | 1 in 5.02 | 64.3% | $10K · 6 | 0.8% |
| $25,000 EXTRA CA$H | 26 | 1 in 4.80 | 62.5% | $25K · 4 | 0.8% |
| CASH DROP (this game) | 22 | 1 in 4.81 | 62.5% | $25K · 1 | 0.0% |
| $100s FOR THE HOLIDAYS | 22 | 1 in 4.45 | 62.5% | $100 · 300 | 0.1% |
| 20Xtra | 21 | 1 in 4.79 | 62.9% | $25K · 0 | 0.1% |
| DOUBLE DEUCES | 20 | 1 in 4.88 | 62.5% | $25K · 2 | 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.