INSTANT $500New York Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
INSTANT $500 costs $10 a ticket from the New York Lottery. Its prize pool is nearly spent: 2% of prizes remain. It has been on sale since March 2023.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Odds of 1 in 4.19 put the win rate squarely in the normal range.
- Expected value lands near the pack at $0.68 per $1 spent.
Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 1 in 326 | 56,773 | 717 | 1% |
| $100 | 1 in 100 | 185,453 | 2,572 | 1% |
| $50 | 1 in 48 | 386,143 | 5,113 | 1% |
| $30 | 1 in 40 | 463,197 | 6,964 | 2% |
| $20 | 1 in 17 | 1,112,235 | 19,271 | 2% |
| $15 | 1 in 50 | 370,842 | 8,135 | 2% |
| $10 | 1 in 10 | 1,853,183 | 43,682 | 2% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 12, when our records for it began, 5,885 $500 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 717. The most recent was on October 26.
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 $10 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
- 1561
- Ticket Price
- $10
- Start Date
- 3/7/2023
- Payout %
- 68.2%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/26/2026
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All 16 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BONUS BUCKS | 75 | 1 in 3.86 | 69.4% | $3M · 2 | 0.2% |
| $3,000,000 MAX MULTIPLIER | 73 | 1 in 4.27 | 69.3% | $3M · 2 | 0.8% |
| 100Xtra | 64 | 1 in 3.91 | 69.5% | $3M · 3 | 1.1% |
| $3,000,000 BONUS STARS | 63 | 1 in 3.99 | 69.4% | $3M · 1 | 1.0% |
| $1,000,000 50X CASHWORD | 62 | 1 in 4.32 | 65.0% | $1M · 3 | 1.7% |
| BONUS 50X | 57 | 1 in 3.92 | 71.4% | $3M · 1 | 0.5% |
| MONEY MATCH | 54 | 1 in 4.01 | 69.5% | $3M · 1 | 0.5% |
| SET FOR LIFE | 53 | 1 in 3.95 | 73.8% | $5M · 2 | 1.1% |
| $3,000,000 CA$H | 52 | 1 in 4.02 | 70.5% | $3M · 0 | 0.0% |
| INSTANT $500 (this game) | 40 | 1 in 4.19 | 68.2% | $500 · 717 | 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.