MATCH 7s — $3 New York scratch-off ticket
NY · #1696 · $3

MATCH 7s

New York· Launched May 2026· 183 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.62

USA percentile

30th

of 2,201 games

Top prizes left

3

$70,000 tier

% sold-through

—

2026-11-04

Forecast sellout

—

18+ only. For entertainment purposes — not financial advice. Scratch-offs have a negative expected return on average. 1-800-GAMBLER if you need help.

MATCH 7s is a $3 scratch-off game from the New York lottery (game #1696). It launched in May 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 3 top prizes of $70,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the New York lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.98. Our models put its expected value at 0.62 per dollar, returning about $0.62 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 2 of 8 $3 games on sale in New York.

THE THESIS

At 0.62 EV/$, this game ranks 2 of 8 same-price games on sale in New York (median 0.61).

  1. 1.50% of $70,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 30th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
About this game ↓

Prize ladder

13 tiers · % remaining
$70K
3/6
50%
$2.5K
9/9
$500
199/391
$250
383/777
$100
2.5K/5.0K
$70
5.7K/11.5K
$50
20.2K/40.0K
$25
46.6K/91.9K
$20
80.7K/160.9K
$10
82.0K/160.8K
$7
177.4K/344.7K
$5
474.7K/919.4K
$3
597.9K/1.1M

Total unclaimed prize value: $11.10M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,201 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/$
YOU · 30th
USA: 30th percentileNY: 53th 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 · +20%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 20% above the 30-day mean — velocity accelerating.

Price vs EV — NY field

131 games · break-even highlighted
$0$8$16$24$320.000.300.601.06break-even · 1.00 EV/$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.

ABOUT THIS GAME

MATCH 7s: prizes, value and pace

As of November 4, 2026, 3 of the 6 $70,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 13 prize levels the lottery reports, 1,488,339 of 2,884,612 prizes (52%) remain; the thinnest level is $250, with 49% of its prizes left.

At current prize levels a $3 ticket returns about $1.87 on average (0.62 per dollar), which ranks 2 of 8 $3 games on sale in New York, above the $3 median of 0.61. Among every New York game with a computable value it is 62 of 131; nationally it sits in the 30th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.

Over the last 30 days, 158,798 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

If you like this game, look at these

Same state · same price tier · similar EV signal

Know when this one turns

We alert you the day a NY game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.

A weekly digest and break-even alerts for your states. We'll email you a confirmation link first. Unsubscribe in one click, any time. What you'll get