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Weak valueActiveDIAMOND CASHWORD · $3 · New York Lottery
DIAMOND CASHWORD: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.88 on average.
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#3 of 6 · $3 NY games
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#3 of 6 · $3 NY games
DIAMOND CASHWORD is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.7%, down 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 63.0%. 5 of the original 5 $60,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 13% of the 17.1M printed tickets have been sold.
62.7%
expected return
1 in 4.06
odds of any win
5 of 5
$60K top prizes left
13%
claimed · 2.3M of 17.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,660,295 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $3
$5 – $300, an actual profit
11 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 707,053 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.88 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $300
$1.85 · 61.8% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $60K
$0.03 · 0.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $300 wins
3,660,274 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
13% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
17.1M
tickets printed
2.3M
tickets claimed · 13%
14.8M
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
87%
100% of top prizes remain with only 87% 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
#3 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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