NY · #1573 · $2

IT TAKES 2

New York· Launched Jun 2023· 1156 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.56

USA percentile

10th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

0

$25,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

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IT TAKES 2 is a $2 scratch-off game from the New York (game #1573). It launched in June 2023. As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $25 remain unclaimed, as published by the New York. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.87. Our models put its expected value at 0.56 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.56 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.56 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.Ranks in the 10th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

11 tiers · % remaining
$25K
0/10
0%
$2K
83/580
$400
132/1.0K
$200
256/2.0K
$80
1.5K/12.3K
$40
2.0K/16.4K
$20
7.6K/59.2K
$10
26.5K/197.2K
$5
52.7K/354.9K
$4
59.3K/394.2K
$2
161.5K/985.8K

Total unclaimed prize value: $1.71M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 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 · 10th
USA: 10th percentileNY: 19th 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 · +3%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — NY field

121 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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