LUCKY 7'S costs $1 a ticket from the New York Lottery. Its expected return of $0.64 per $1 runs $0.02 ahead of the typical $1 ticket in New York. Its prize pool is nearly spent: 11% of prizes remain.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.3M at launch, about 1 in 1.4M now. The $7,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- At 1 in 4.96, winning tickets turn up less often than usual.
- Low inventory: most of this game's prizes have already been claimed.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,000 | 1 in 1,272,775 | 20 | 2 | 10% |
| $500 | 1 in 48,029 | 530 | 41 | 8% |
| $80 | 1 in 2,997 | 8,495 | 494 | 6% |
| $40 | 1 in 480 | 53,011 | 3,084 | 6% |
| $20 | 1 in 200 | 127,279 | 7,814 | 6% |
| $10 | 1 in 100 | 254,549 | 17,875 | 7% |
| $5 | 1 in 83 | 305,343 | 32,451 | 11% |
| $2 | 1 in 13 | 2,036,698 | 188,901 | 9% |
| $1 | 1 in 11 | 2,341,958 | 321,459 | 14% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 3 $7,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on July 2.
- July 2, 20261 claimed · 2 left
- April 21, 20261 claimed · 3 left
- April 12, 20261 claimed · 4 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for New York's $1 games (0.8% 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
- 1653
- Ticket Price
- $1
- Start Date
- 3/21/2025
- Payout %
- 63.8%
- 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) | 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 (this game) | 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.