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Weak valueActive$25,000 EXTRA CA$H · $2 · New York Lottery
$25,000 EXTRA CA$H: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.22 on average.
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#5 of 13 · $2 NY games
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#5 of 13 · $2 NY games
$25,000 EXTRA CA$H is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 61.0%, down 1.5 percentage points from the launch value of 62.5%. 4 of the original 10 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 75% of the 9.7M printed tickets have been sold.
61.0%
expected return
1 in 4.80
odds of any win
4 of 10
$25K top prizes left
75%
claimed · 7.2M of 9.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 508,214 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 349,377 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.22 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $200
$1.18 · 58.8% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $25K
$0.04 · 2.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $200 wins
508,207 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
75% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
9.7M
tickets printed
7.2M
tickets claimed · 75%
2.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
25%
40% of top prizes remain with only 25% 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 $2 NY peers
#5 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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