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Average valueActive$3,000,000 MAX MULTIPLIER · $10 · New York Lottery
$3,000,000 MAX MULTIPLIER: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.96 on average.
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#5 of 12 · $10 NY gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:32 PM
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#5 of 12 · $10 NY gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:32 PM
$3,000,000 MAX MULTIPLIER is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.6%, up 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 69.3%. 3 of the original 3 $150K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 5% of the 17.7M printed tickets have been sold.
69.6%
expected return
1 in 4.27
odds of any win
3 of 3
$3M jackpots left
5%
claimed · 914k of 17.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,925,931 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $10
$20 – $250, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 534 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.96 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.42 · 64.2% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $5K
$0.01 · 0.1% of price
Jackpots $3M+
$0.54 · 5.4% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
64.2%
Just 3 tickets out of 16.8M carry the $3M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
3,925,896 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
5% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
17.7M
tickets printed
914k
tickets claimed · 5%
16.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
95%
100% of top prizes remain with only 95% 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 $10 NY peers
#5 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:32 PM.
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