
New York· Launched Nov 2025· 365 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.65
USA percentile
40th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
35
$5,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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$5,000 HOLIDAY FRENZY/$5,000 GOLD is a $10 scratch-off game from the New York lottery (game #1674). It launched in November 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 35 top prizes of $5,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the New York lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.85. Our models put its expected value at 0.65 per dollar, returning about $0.65 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 4 of 17 $10 games on sale in New York.
THE THESIS
At 0.65 EV/$, this game ranks 4 of 17 same-price games on sale in New York (median 0.64).
Total unclaimed prize value: $2.76M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
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.
Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.
No other active NY games currently clear break-even.
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
As of November 4, 2026, 35 of the 513 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 6 prize levels the lottery reports, 110,990 of 1,581,651 prizes (7%) remain; the thinnest level is $100, with 6% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $10 ticket returns about $6.46 on average (0.65 per dollar), which ranks 4 of 17 $10 games on sale in New York, above the $10 median of 0.64. Among every New York game with a computable value it is 37 of 131; nationally it sits in the 40th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 858 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 1 top prize.
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.
SIMILAR PLAYS IN NY
Same state · same price tier · similar EV signal
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