The New York Lottery sells TRIPLE MATCH as a $1 ticket. By our estimate the $3,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 470,615 per ticket, down from 1 in 904,977. At 1 in 4.98, its overall odds are the longest of New York's 15 $1 games. Its prize pool is nearly spent: 14% of prizes remain. At a ValueScore of 12/100 (Poor), it is 12th of the 15 active $1 games in New York.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 905K at launch, about 1 in 471K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $3,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Wins are infrequent: about a 20% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 4.98), lower than most games.
- Most of the larger top and mid-tier prizes have already been won.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3,000 | 1 in 905,550 | 15 | 4 | 27% |
| $300 | 1 in 30,252 | 449 | 48 | 11% |
| $90 | 1 in 3,695 | 3,676 | 512 | 14% |
| $30 | 1 in 533 | 25,488 | 3,609 | 14% |
| $20 | 1 in 400 | 33,954 | 3,512 | 10% |
| $15 | 1 in 250 | 54,333 | 9,126 | 17% |
| $10 | 1 in 125 | 108,666 | 11,825 | 11% |
| $5 | 1 in 63 | 217,332 | 26,681 | 12% |
| $2 | 1 in 11 | 1,195,361 | 159,050 | 13% |
| $1 | 1 in 13 | 1,086,560 | 163,637 | 15% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 4 $3,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 4. The most recent was on September 18.
- September 18, 20261 claimed · 4 left
- August 7, 20261 claimed · 5 left
- May 12, 20261 claimed · 6 left
- April 27, 20261 claimed · 7 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.7% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to 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
- 1659
- Ticket Price
- $1
- Start Date
- 6/3/2025
- 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) | 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% |
| TRIPLE MATCH (this game) | 12 | 1 in 4.98 | 62.0% | $3K · 4 | 0.7% |
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.