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Weak valueActiveCASHWORD DOUBLER · $2 · New York Lottery
CASHWORD DOUBLER: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.25 on average.
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#2 of 13 · $2 NY games
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#2 of 13 · $2 NY games
CASHWORD DOUBLER is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.5%, down 1.5 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 14 of the original 30 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 44% of the 81.7M printed tickets have been sold.
62.5%
expected return
1 in 5.09
odds of any win
14 of 30
$20K top prizes left
44%
claimed · 35.8M of 81.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 9,015,864 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 154,543 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.25 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $200
$1.23 · 61.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.02 · 1.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $200 wins
9,015,567 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
44% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
81.7M
tickets printed
35.8M
tickets claimed · 44%
45.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
47%
Tickets left
56%
47% of top prizes remain with 56% 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
#2 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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