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Ranked 15th of 107 Tickets in New York

MYSTERY MULTIPLIERNew York Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

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71
VALUESCORE
Good
$20New YorkGame #1663GREEN
At a glance

MYSTERY MULTIPLIER is one of the New York Lottery's $20 games. The $5,000,000 top prize is an annuity: $250,000 a year for 20 years. At launch, about 1 in 188,973 tickets carried a prize of $10,000 or more.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.67
Exp. Value
$0.73
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$5,000,000
$250,000 a year for 20 years
Top Prizes Left
2
Prizes Remaining
37%
ValueScore™
71 / 100
Good

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.73
↑
ABOVE AVERAGE
A solid pick: 15th of 107 active New York games, and 7th out of 14 $20 tickets in New York.
Why
↑Winning tickets come up at a 27% clip (1 in 3.67), above the norm.
  • Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 4.5M at launch, about 1 in 3.4M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $5,000,000 prizes have been claimed.
  • Expected value lands near the pack at $0.73 per $1 spent.
  • The prize pool is about half spent, half still in circulation.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$5,000,000
$250,000 a year for 20 years
2 of 4 left
launch odds 1 in 4.5M
now ~1 in 3.4M
$20,000
12 of 32 left
launch odds 1 in 567K
now ~1 in 560K
$10,000
22 of 60 left
launch odds 1 in 302K
now ~1 in 305K
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
$5,000,000
($250,000 a year for 20 years)
1 in 4,529,98842
50%
$20,0001 in 566,2483212
38%
$10,0001 in 301,9996022
37%
$4,0001 in 58,264311116
37%
$2,0001 in 15,8811,141450
39%
$5001 in 1,9179,4523,488
37%
$4001 in 60030,20611,231
37%
$3001 in 40145,24116,803
37%
$2001 in 124145,72254,142
37%
$1001 in 50362,593133,637
37%
$601 in 50362,205134,919
37%
$501 in 25724,604267,083
37%
$401 in 25724,798269,657
37%
$301 in 25724,798268,103
37%
$201 in 101,811,995671,465
37%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$265,488,660
Current Prize Pool
$101,001,360
Payout Percentage
38.0%
Total Prizes Remaining
1,831,130

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
18,141,405
Estimated Remaining
6,720,247
% Remaining
37.0%
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

Since March 12, when our records for it began, one $5,000,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on May 15.

31
3
2
March 12October 19
  • May 15, 20261 claimed · 2 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.5% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for New York's $20 games (0.4% 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

71
VALUESCORE
Good
71
out of 100
Expected Value
33/40
Prize Quality
11/25
Win Frequency
18/20
Inventory Health
8/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1663
Ticket Price
$20
Start Date
8/5/2025
Payout %
73.3%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$20.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.67 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the MYSTERY MULTIPLIER scratch-off a good buy?
It is a solid pick. MYSTERY MULTIPLIER scores 71/100 (Good) and is 7th out of 14 $20 tickets in New York. It pays back about $0.73 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the MYSTERY MULTIPLIER scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with MYSTERY MULTIPLIER are 1 in 3.67. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for MYSTERY MULTIPLIER?
The top prize for MYSTERY MULTIPLIER is $5,000,000. As of our latest update, 2 top prizes remain unclaimed.
How many prizes are left in MYSTERY MULTIPLIER?
Based on our latest data, 37% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 1,831,130 out of 4,943,162 total). The game is winding down. A significant portion of prizes have already been claimed.

Every $20 ticket in New York

All 14 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
$5,000,000 SPECTACULAR911 in 3.8573.1%$5M · 41.0%
MILLIONAIRE RICHES891 in 3.7673.2%$5M · 40.6%
$10,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE821 in 3.7274.2%$10M · 20.7%
$5,000,000 BLITZ801 in 3.7973.3%$5M · 30.3%
200Xtra781 in 3.6773.2%$5M · 20.8%
$2,000,000 100X CASHWORD771 in 3.8266.8%$2M · 30.9%
MYSTERY MULTIPLIER (this game)711 in 3.6773.3%$5M · 20.5%
BONUS 100X671 in 3.6674.9%$5M · 20.4%
$5,000,000 CASH ROYALE641 in 3.9074.7%$5M · 10.2%
$300,000,000 CASH PAYOUT561 in 3.5572.7%$5M · 10.2%

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.