
New York· Launched Jul 2026· 95 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.64
USA percentile
37th
of 2,159 games
Top prizes left
1258
$500 tier
% sold-through
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2026-10-26
Forecast sellout
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LOOSE CHANGE is a $1 scratch-off game from the New York lottery (game #1707). It launched in July 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 1258 top prizes of $500 remain unclaimed, as published by the New York lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.70. Our models put its expected value at 0.64 per dollar, returning about $0.64 per dollar on average at current prize levels, the best of 15 $1 games on sale in New York.
THE THESIS
At 0.64 EV/$, this game ranks 1 of 15 same-price games on sale in New York (median 0.58).
Total unclaimed prize value: $39.36M — 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 October 26, 2026, 1258 of the 1,548 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 8 prize levels the lottery reports, 13,084,987 of 15,958,741 prizes (82%) remain.
At current prize levels a $1 ticket returns about $0.64 on average (0.64 per dollar), which ranks 1 of 15 $1 games on sale in New York, above the $1 median of 0.58. Among every New York game with a computable value it is 47 of 128; nationally it sits in the 37th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 1,104,649 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 109 top prizes.
New York also sells 2 other issues of LOOSE CHANGE: game #1552 and game #1618. Each issue has its own print run and prize pool, so their odds and remaining prizes differ.
Figures come from the prize data the New York lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the October 26, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
SIMILAR PLAYS IN NY
Same state · same price tier · similar EV signal
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