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Poor valueActiveCASHWORD EXTRA! · $3 · New York Lottery
CASHWORD EXTRA!: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.71 on average.
▼ -6.0 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $3 NY gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:31 PM
▼ -6.0 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $3 NY gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:31 PM
CASHWORD EXTRA! is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.0%, down 6.0 percentage points from the launch value of 63.0%. 1 of the original 4 $60,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 81% of the 15.3M printed tickets have been sold.
57.0%
expected return
1 in 4.06
odds of any win
1 of 4
$60K top prizes left
81%
claimed · 12.4M of 15.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 724,272 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $3
$5 – $300, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 422,709 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.71 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $300
$1.68 · 56.0% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $60K
$0.03 · 1.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $300 wins
724,265 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
81% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
15.3M
tickets printed
12.4M
tickets claimed · 81%
3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
19%
25% of top prizes remain with only 19% 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 $3 NY peers
#6 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:31 PM.
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