$100, $200 0R $500
New York· Launched Oct 2024· 764 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.70
USA percentile
63th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
1013
$500 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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$100, $200 0R $500 is a $30 scratch-off game from the New York lottery (game #1629). It launched in October 2024. As of the most recent daily scan, 1013 top prizes of $500 remain unclaimed, as published by the New York lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 6.25. Our models put its expected value at 0.70 per dollar, returning about $0.70 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 7 of 10 $30 games on sale in New York.
THE THESIS
At 0.70 EV/$, this game ranks 7 of 10 same-price games on sale in New York (median 0.70).
- 1.2% of $500 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Ranks in the 63rd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
3 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $2.69M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,201 active gamesWhere this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active NY games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.
Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining
historical + P50 projectionClaim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersTrailing 7-day claim rate 33% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
Price vs EV — NY field
131 games · break-even highlightedNo other active NY games currently clear break-even.
Top-prize claim cadence · the roll
Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.
States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.
ABOUT THIS GAME
$100, $200 0R $500: prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, 1013 of the 61,795 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 3 prize levels the lottery reports, 20,536 of 988,630 prizes (2%) remain; the thinnest level is $500, with 2% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $30 ticket returns about $20.97 on average (0.70 per dollar), which ranks 7 of 10 $30 games on sale in New York, level with the $30 median of 0.70. Among every New York game with a computable value it is 19 of 131; nationally it sits in the 63th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 18 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 3 top prizes.
Figures come from the prize data the New York lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the November 4, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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Know when this one turns
We alert you the day a NY game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.