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Average valueActive$100, $200 OR $500! · $30 · New York Lottery
$100, $200 OR $500!: Average value. A $30 ticket pays back $21.48 on average.
▼ -1.7 pts vs launch#7 of 8 · $30 NY games
▼ -1.7 pts vs launch#7 of 8 · $30 NY games
$100, $200 OR $500! is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.6%, down 1.7 percentage points from the launch value of 73.3%. 1,931 of the original 61,362 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 96% of the 6.1M printed tickets have been sold.
71.6%
expected return
1 in 6.25
odds of any win
1,931 of 61,362
$500 top prizes left
96%
claimed · 5.9M of 6.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 35,382 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $30
$100 or $200, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
85 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 114 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $21.48 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $100 – $500
$21.48 · 71.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$100 – $500 wins
35,382 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
96% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2025.
6.1M
tickets printed
5.9M
tickets claimed · 96%
220k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
3%
Tickets left
4%
3% of top prizes remain with 4% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
New York Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $30 NY peers
#7 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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