
New York· Launched Aug 2025· 456 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.52
USA percentile
4th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
3
$999 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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9S IN A LINE DOUBLER is a $1 scratch-off game from the New York lottery (game #1665). It launched in August 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 3 top prizes of $999 remain unclaimed, as published by the New York lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.91. Our models put its expected value at 0.52 per dollar, returning about $0.52 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 12 of 15 $1 games on sale in New York.
THE THESIS
At 0.52 EV/$, this game ranks 12 of 15 same-price games on sale in New York (median 0.57).
Total unclaimed prize value: $551,766 — 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, 3 of the 13 $999 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 10 prize levels the lottery reports, 217,822 of 2,667,626 prizes (8%) remain; the thinnest level is $100, with 5% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $1 ticket returns about $0.52 on average (0.52 per dollar), which ranks 12 of 15 $1 games on sale in New York, below the $1 median of 0.57. Among every New York game with a computable value it is 119 of 131; nationally it sits in the 4th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 4,662 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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