NY · #1701 · $5

HOT DOG!

New York· Launched Jul 2026· 14 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.65

USA percentile

43th

of 1,955 games

Top prizes left

3

$500,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-07-21

Forecast sellout

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HOT DOG! is a $5 scratch-off game from the New York (game #1701). It launched in July 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 3 top prizes of $500 remain unclaimed, as published by the New York. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.45. Our models put its expected value at 0.65 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.65 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.65 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.100% of $500,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 43rd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

11 tiers · % remaining
$500K
3/3
100%
$2K
38/40
$500
3.2K/3.6K
$150
6.4K/7.2K
$100
20.4K/23.1K
$50
31.0K/34.9K
$25
76.9K/86.4K
$20
77.0K/86.5K
$15
61.7K/69.2K
$10
494.0K/553.3K
$5
620.0K/691.6K

Total unclaimed prize value: $20.14M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 1,955 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 · 43th
USA: 43th percentileNY: 73th 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 · +545%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 545% above the 30-day mean — velocity accelerating.

Price vs EV — NY field

116 games · break-even highlighted
$0$8$16$24$320.000.300.601.01break-even · 1.00 EV/$YOU

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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