
New York· Launched May 2026· 183 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.62
USA percentile
30th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
3
$70,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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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).
Total unclaimed prize value: $11.10M — 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.
Trailing 7-day claim rate 20% above the 30-day mean — velocity accelerating.
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 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
Same state · same price tier · similar EV signal
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