C
Average valueActive$3,000,000 MAX MULTIPLIER · $10 · New York Lottery
$3,000,000 MAX MULTIPLIER: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.82 on average.
▼ -1.1 pts vs launch#9 of 14 · $10 NY games
▼ -1.1 pts vs launch#9 of 14 · $10 NY games
$3,000,000 MAX MULTIPLIER is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.2%, down 1.1 percentage points from the launch value of 69.3%. 2 of the original 3 $150K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 16% of the 17.7M printed tickets have been sold.
68.2%
expected return
1 in 4.27
odds of any win
2 of 3
$3M jackpots left
16%
claimed · 2.9M of 17.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,459,003 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 536 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.82 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.41 · 64.1% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $5K
$0.01 · 0.1% of price
Jackpots $3M+
$0.41 · 4.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
64.1%
Just 2 tickets out of 14.8M 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
3,458,973 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
16% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
17.7M
tickets printed
2.9M
tickets claimed · 16%
14.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
84%
67% of top prizes remain with 84% 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
#9 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
S
Scratchstats