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Weak valueActiveLOOSE CHANGE · $1 · New York Lottery
LOOSE CHANGE: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.64 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 13 · $1 NY games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 13 · $1 NY games
LOOSE CHANGE is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 1,477 of the original 1,548 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 5% of the 74.4M printed tickets have been sold.
64.0%
expected return
1 in 4.70
odds of any win
1,477 of 1,548
$500 top prizes left
5%
claimed · 3.4M of 74.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 15,225,812 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 48,043 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.64 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.64 · 64.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
15,225,812 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% 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, Jul 2026.
74.4M
tickets printed
3.4M
tickets claimed · 5%
71M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
95%
Tickets left
95%
95% 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 $1 NY peers
#1 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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