The New York Lottery sells INSTANT TAKE 5 (Game #1680) as a $1 ticket. 54% of its winning tickets pay $1 or less, no more than the ticket cost. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 531,198 tickets.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 531K at launch, about 1 in 455K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $5,555 prizes have been claimed.
- A leaner 21% chance of winning per ticket (1 in 4.69), below most games.
- Prize quality is fair, with some of the bigger winners already claimed.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,555 | 1 in 530,687 | 95 | 52 | 55% |
| $500 | 1 in 60,018 | 840 | 420 | 50% |
| $100 | 1 in 11,868 | 4,248 | 2,020 | 48% |
| $40 | 1 in 3,117 | 16,172 | 7,672 | 47% |
| $20 | 1 in 250 | 201,661 | 93,798 | 47% |
| $10 | 1 in 111 | 453,772 | 211,009 | 47% |
| $5 | 1 in 24 | 2,117,371 | 984,131 | 46% |
| $2 | 1 in 24 | 2,117,334 | 991,063 | 47% |
| $1 | 1 in 9 | 5,848,382 | 2,755,340 | 47% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 33 $5,555 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 52. The most recent was on September 25.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about twice the average for New York's $1 games (0.7% 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
- 1680
- Ticket Price
- $1
- Start Date
- 12/1/2025
- Payout %
- 62.0%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/9/2026
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All 15 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOOSE CHANGE | 56 | 1 in 4.70 | 64.3% | $500 · 1,319 | 1.6% |
| MONEY BAGS | 37 | 1 in 4.89 | 62.0% | $5K · 7 | 3.8% |
| LUCKY 7s | 37 | 1 in 4.96 | 63.2% | $7K · 15 | 1.6% |
| INSTANT TAKE 5 (Game #1680) (this game) | 29 | 1 in 4.69 | 62.0% | $6K · 52 | 1.2% |
| BONUS 5X | 26 | 1 in 4.80 | 64.1% | $5K · 1 | 0.0% |
| LUCKY 7'S | 21 | 1 in 4.96 | 63.8% | $7K · 2 | 0.1% |
| LOOSE CHANGE (Game #1618) | 19 | 1 in 4.70 | 64.2% | $500 · 54 | 0.0% |
| LOOSE CHANGE (Game #1552) | 18 | 1 in 4.70 | 64.2% | $500 · 54 | 0.0% |
| 10Xtra | 17 | 1 in 4.80 | 62.9% | $5K · 0 | 0.1% |
| 7-11-21 TRIPLER | 17 | 1 in 4.54 | 62.1% | $2K · 6 | 1.5% |
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.