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Ranked 72nd of 107 Tickets in New York

CASINO NIGHTSNew York Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: New York Lottery
31
VALUESCORE
Below Avg
$5New YorkGame #1661GREEN
At a glance

CASINO NIGHTS is a $5 ticket from the New York Lottery. With tickets selling faster than its top prizes are claimed, our estimate for the $500,000 prize has improved to about 1 in 400,288, from 1 in 1,526,734 at launch. Only 7% of its prizes are still unclaimed. On ValueScore it earns 31/100 (Below Avg), good for 26th out of 29 $5 tickets in New York.

Overall Odds
1 in 4.44
Exp. Value
$0.65
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$500,000
Top Prizes Left
1
Prizes Remaining
7%
ValueScore™
31 / 100
Below Avg

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.65
↓
BELOW AVERAGE
The numbers work against it: #72 of the 107 active games we track in New York.
Why
↓Prize quality is thin, with the bigger winners mostly gone.
  • Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.5M at launch, about 1 in 400K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $500,000 prizes have been claimed.
  • At 1 in 4.44, winning tickets turn up less often than usual.
  • Expected value of $0.65 per $1 is about average, a typical return for a ticket at this price.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$500,000
1 of 4 left
launch odds 1 in 1.5M
now ~1 in 400K
$2,000
0 of 8 left
launch odds 1 in 763K
All claimed
$500
20 of 393 left
launch odds 1 in 16K
now ~1 in 20K
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
$500,0001 in 1,526,65041
25%
$2,0001 in 763,32580Claimed
$5001 in 15,53839320
5%
$2001 in 6,1011,00143
4%
$1001 in 20030,6051,334
4%
$501 in 10061,0662,828
5%
$201 in 10061,0663,249
5%
$151 in 50122,1596,836
6%
$101 in 11549,56734,093
6%
$51 in 11549,56741,751
8%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$19,823,710
Current Prize Pool
$1,510,605
Payout Percentage
7.6%
Total Prizes Remaining
90,155

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
6,106,936
Estimated Remaining
400,288
% Remaining
6.6%
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

The one $500,000 top prize left on March 6, when our records for it began, is still unclaimed.

10
1
March 6October 19

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

31
VALUESCORE
Below Avg
31
out of 100
Expected Value
22/40
Prize Quality
1/25
Win Frequency
8/20
Inventory Health
0/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1661
Ticket Price
$5
Start Date
7/1/2025
Payout %
64.9%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$5.00 per ticket · 1 in 4.44 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the CASINO NIGHTS scratch-off a good buy?
Probably not. CASINO NIGHTS scores 31/100 (Below Average) and is 26th out of 29 $5 tickets in New York. It pays back about $0.65 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the CASINO NIGHTS scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with CASINO NIGHTS are 1 in 4.44. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for CASINO NIGHTS?
The top prize for CASINO NIGHTS is $500,000. As of our latest update, 1 top prize remains unclaimed.
How many prizes are left in CASINO NIGHTS?
Based on our latest data, 7% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 90,155 out of 1,375,436 total). The vast majority of prizes have been claimed. This game is close to being retired.

Every $5 ticket in New York

All 29 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
CASH LINES731 in 4.0964.9%$300K · 31.6%
13721 in 4.1564.9%$500K · 3-
LUCKY NUMBERS661 in 4.5165.1%$300K · 4-
LADY LUCK 25X571 in 4.2865.0%$500K · 32.1%
DOUBLE TRIPLE CASHWORD531 in 5.1464.2%$300K · 90.9%
$1,000,000 MUST LOVE DOGS521 in 4.2367.2%$1M · 10.9%
HOT DOG!521 in 4.4564.9%$500K · 21.6%
POT OF GOLD491 in 4.3566.2%$500K · 11.3%
MONEY VAULT MULTIPLIER481 in 4.2853.8%$1M · 42.8%
CASINO NIGHTS (this game)311 in 4.4464.9%$500K · 10.0%

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.