NY · #1695 · $5

POT OF GOLD

New York· Launched May 2026· 92 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.62

USA percentile

30th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$500,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

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POT OF GOLD is a $5 scratch-off game from the New York (game #1695). It launched in May 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $500 remains unclaimed, as published by the New York. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.35. Our models put its expected value at 0.62 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.62 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.62 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.33% of $500,000 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.
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Prize ladder

12 tiers · % remaining
$500K
1/3
33%
$2.5K
19/40
$500
1.2K/2.5K
$200
1.0K/2.3K
$100
10.0K/21.6K
$50
12.1K/26.2K
$30
32.1K/69.1K
$25
40.6K/86.5K
$20
32.7K/69.1K
$15
32.4K/69.1K
$10
267.8K/553.2K
$5
337.6K/691.5K

Total unclaimed prize value: $10.42M — 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/$
YOU · 30th
USA: 30th percentileNY: 51th 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 · +4%

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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