
New York· Launched Sep 2026· 54 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.61
USA percentile
25th
of 2,154 games
Top prizes left
6
$5,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-10-25
Forecast sellout
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MONEY BAGS is a $1 scratch-off game from the New York lottery (game #1711). It launched in September 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 6 top prizes of $5,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the New York lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.89. Our models put its expected value at 0.61 per dollar, returning about $0.61 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 6 of 15 $1 games on sale in New York.
THE THESIS
At 0.61 EV/$, this game ranks 6 of 15 same-price games on sale in New York (median 0.58).
Total unclaimed prize value: $6.00M — 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 25, 2026, 6 of the 10 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 10 prize levels the lottery reports, 2,003,359 of 2,780,979 prizes (72%) remain.
At current prize levels a $1 ticket returns about $0.61 on average (0.61 per dollar), which ranks 6 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 67 of 128; nationally it sits in the 25th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 395,016 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 2 top prizes.
Figures come from the prize data the New York lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the October 25, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
SIMILAR PLAYS IN NY
Same state · same price tier · similar EV signal
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