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Poor valueActiveMULTIPLY YOUR NUMBERS · $3 · New York Lottery
MULTIPLY YOUR NUMBERS: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.79 on average.
▼ -3.3 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $3 NY games
▼ -3.3 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $3 NY games
MULTIPLY YOUR NUMBERS is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.7%, down 3.3 percentage points from the launch value of 63.0%. 1 of the original 4 $60,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 94% of the 10.4M printed tickets have been sold.
59.7%
expected return
1 in 4.12
odds of any win
1 of 4
$60K top prizes left
94%
claimed · 9.7M of 10.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 154,791 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $3
$5 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 18,064 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.79 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.69 · 56.4% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $60K
$0.10 · 3.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
154,789 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
94% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2024.
10.4M
tickets printed
9.7M
tickets claimed · 94%
632k
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
6%
25% of top prizes remain with only 6% 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.
1
LUCKY LINES
63.0%
2
MATCH 7s
62.7%
3
DIAMOND CASHWORD
62.7%
4
WIN $60,000
62.0%
5
30Xtra CASHWORD
61.3%
6
MULTIPLY YOUR NUMBERS
59.7%
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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