The New York Lottery sells WIN $250 as a $5 ticket. Its prize pool is nearly spent: 5% of prizes remain. At a ValueScore of 33/100 (Below Avg), it is 25th of the 29 active $5 games in New York. It has been on sale since March 2024.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- About a 23% chance of a prize on each ticket (1 in 4.38), in line with most games.
- At $0.66 back per $1, the return here is middle-of-the-road for this price point.
Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $250 | 1 in 498 | 18,340 | 492 | 3% |
| $100 | 1 in 250 | 36,601 | 1,172 | 3% |
| $50 | 1 in 100 | 91,347 | 3,406 | 4% |
| $20 | 1 in 80 | 114,152 | 4,017 | 4% |
| $15 | 1 in 67 | 137,074 | 5,329 | 4% |
| $10 | 1 in 10 | 913,440 | 41,759 | 5% |
| $5 | 1 in 12 | 776,378 | 48,019 | 6% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 22 $250 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 492. The most recent was on September 30.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for New York's $5 games (0.6% 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
- 1604
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 3/5/2024
- Payout %
- 66.0%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/9/2026
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All 29 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 73 | 1 in 4.15 | 64.9% | $500K · 3 | - |
| CASH LINES | 72 | 1 in 4.09 | 64.9% | $300K · 3 | 1.5% |
| LUCKY NUMBERS | 69 | 1 in 4.51 | 65.1% | $300K · 4 | - |
| LADY LUCK 25X | 60 | 1 in 4.28 | 65.0% | $500K · 3 | 2.3% |
| DOUBLE TRIPLE CASHWORD | 52 | 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 | 1.0% |
| HOT DOG! | 52 | 1 in 4.45 | 64.9% | $500K · 2 | 1.8% |
| POT OF GOLD | 49 | 1 in 4.35 | 66.2% | $500K · 1 | 1.4% |
| MORE MONEY | 48 | 1 in 4.42 | 67.9% | $1M · 0 | 0.0% |
| WIN $250 (this game) | 33 | 1 in 4.38 | 66.0% | $250 · 492 | 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.