
New York· Launched Jul 2023· 1195 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.68
USA percentile
57th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
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$5,000,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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$5,000,000 CASH ROYALE is a $20 scratch-off game from the New York lottery (game #1579). It launched in July 2023. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.90. Our models put its expected value at 0.68 per dollar, returning about $0.68 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 5 of 14 $20 games on sale in New York.
THE THESIS
At 0.68 EV/$, this game ranks 5 of 14 same-price games on sale in New York (median 0.68).
Total unclaimed prize value: $61.17M — 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, 18 of the 77 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 10 prize levels the lottery reports, 1,145,741 of 4,655,664 prizes (25%) remain; the thinnest level is $10,000, with 23% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $20 ticket returns about $13.69 on average (0.68 per dollar), which ranks 5 of 14 $20 games on sale in New York, above the $20 median of 0.68. Among every New York game with a computable value it is 23 of 131; nationally it sits in the 57th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 34,150 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a 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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