NY · #1609 · $20

$2,000,000 CASHWORD

New York· Launched May 2024· 846 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.57

USA percentile

13th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

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$2,000,000 tier

% sold-through

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2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

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$2,000,000 CASHWORD is a $20 scratch-off game from the New York (game #1609). It launched in May 2024. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.82. Our models put its expected value at 0.57 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.57 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.57 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

1.Ranks in the 13th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.

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Prize ladder

11 tiers · % remaining

$100

0/4

$10K

2/60

$5K

39/926

$2K

140/2.3K

$500

2.5K/61.0K

$200

7.8K/152.3K

$100

11.6K/243.9K

$60

12.1K/228.6K

$50

31.0K/731.4K

$40

63.1K/1.2M

$20

152.2K/2.2M

Total unclaimed prize value: $12.31M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,082 active games

Where 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.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$

NY median0.62 EV/$

YOU · 13th

USA: 13th percentileNY: 26th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection

Not enough historical data to render chart.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers

30d ago15dlast 7d · -56%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 56% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.

Price vs EV — NY field

121 games · break-even highlighted

No 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.

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