POT OF GOLDNew York Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The New York Lottery sells POT OF GOLD as a $5 ticket. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 160,972 tickets. It pays back about $0.66 per $1 on average, in line with New York's other $5 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Odds of 1 in 4.35 put the win rate squarely in the normal range.
- Inventory is about half depleted, but a fair number of prizes are still out there.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 26Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500,000 | 1 in 2,304,967 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| $2,500 | 1 in 172,873 | 40 | 12 | 30% |
| $500 | 1 in 2,767 | 2,499 | 690 | 28% |
| $200 | 1 in 2,982 | 2,319 | 637 | 27% |
| $100 | 1 in 264 | 21,633 | 6,050 | 28% |
| $50 | 1 in 264 | 26,190 | 7,231 | 28% |
| $30 | 1 in 100 | 69,125 | 19,406 | 28% |
| $25 | 1 in 80 | 86,490 | 24,835 | 29% |
| $20 | 1 in 100 | 69,149 | 20,213 | 29% |
| $15 | 1 in 100 | 69,108 | 19,783 | 29% |
| $10 | 1 in 13 | 553,155 | 169,830 | 31% |
| $5 | 1 in 10 | 691,507 | 214,000 | 31% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on May 6, 2 $500,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on July 16.
- July 16, 20261 claimed · 1 left
- May 28, 20261 claimed · 2 left
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 $5 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
- 1695
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 5/5/2026
- Payout %
- 66.2%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/26/2026
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All 29 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 72 | 1 in 4.15 | 64.9% | $500K · 3 | 4.5% |
| CASH LINES | 72 | 1 in 4.09 | 64.9% | $300K · 3 | 1.7% |
| LUCKY NUMBERS | 61 | 1 in 4.51 | 65.1% | $300K · 3 | 3.7% |
| LADY LUCK 25X | 57 | 1 in 4.28 | 65.0% | $500K · 3 | 2.0% |
| DOUBLE TRIPLE CASHWORD | 53 | 1 in 5.14 | 64.2% | $300K · 9 | 0.9% |
| $1,000,000 MUST LOVE DOGS | 52 | 1 in 4.23 | 67.2% | $1M · 1 | 0.8% |
| BINGO TIMES 20 | 51 | 1 in 4.27 | 65.0% | $300K · 2 | 1.2% |
| HOT DOG! | 51 | 1 in 4.45 | 64.9% | $500K · 2 | 1.5% |
| POT OF GOLD (this game) | 48 | 1 in 4.35 | 66.2% | $500K · 1 | 1.2% |
| MORE MONEY | 48 | 1 in 4.42 | 67.9% | $1M · 0 | 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.