How many $1,000,000 prizes are left in $1,000,000 GOLD?

2 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 316,680.

What are the odds of winning anything on $1,000,000 GOLD?

1 in 7.07 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.44 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 7.07, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 13.7.

Is $1,000,000 GOLD worth buying?

Its current payout is 93.6% ($4.68 back per $5 ticket), rank #2 of 109 in New York. That figure fails our plausibility check (see the caution above), so read it as approximate and not as a reason to buy. The best $5 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE (#1651, $5) at 90.0%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many $1,000,000 GOLD tickets are left?

We estimate 633,361 of roughly 6,032,408 printed tickets are unsold (89.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did $1,000,000 GOLD launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on May 6, 2025. It is still on sale.

$1,000,000 GOLD — $5 New York Scratch-Off #1655

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:11 UTC · launched May 6, 2025

$1,000,000 GOLD New York scratch-off ticket

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$1,000,000 GOLD (#1655) is a $5 New York scratch-off launched on May 6, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #2 of 109 active games on current payout (93.6%, $4.68 expected back per ticket) and #1 of 29 $5 games, #106 on any-prize odds (1 in 7.07) and #19 on top-prize odds (1 in 316,680). Since launch the payout has risen 24.2 points (69.4% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 37.1% (1 in 4.44 at launch). 2 of 4 top prizes of $1,000,000 ($50K Annual Installments) remain, and we estimate 633,361 tickets are still unsold (89.5% sold). Its current figures fail our plausibility check (the caution below), so whatever its place in the list, we do not count it among the best New York scratch-offs to buy. A caution on the current figures: the any-prize odds have moved from 1 in 4.44 to 1 in 7.07, further than a game's odds really move. Its prize tiers disagree about how many tickets are left (between 0.26 million and 0.48 million), usually because small prizes are claimed late, and the current odds and payout lean on that disagreement. The printed odds are the safer guide, and our summaries do not name this game the best of anything (how we estimate).

Current payout

93.6%

69.4% at launch

Expected value

$4.68

per $5 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 7.07

1 in 4.44 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 7.07

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 13.7

win more than $5

$600+ odds

1 in 211,120

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

2 of 4

$1,000,000 ($50K Annual Installments) each

Tickets remaining

10.5%

≈ 633,361 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $1,000,000 GOLD, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. To set its odds of $1,000 or more (or any other prize size) against every other New York game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 89,647 of 1,358,412 prizes (6.6%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$50K Annual Installments	1 in 1,508,175	1 in 316,680	4	2	2	50.0%
$2,000	1 in 754,088	1 in 633,361	8	7	1	12.5%
$500	1 in 15,792	1 in 31,668	382	362	20	5.2%
$200	1 in 10,190	1 in 26,390	592	568	24	4.1%
$100	1 in 199.7	1 in 442.0	30,204	28,771	1,433	4.7%
$40	1 in 100.0	1 in 241.8	60,327	57,708	2,619	4.3%
$20	1 in 100.0	1 in 204.4	60,327	57,228	3,099	5.1%
$15	1 in 50.0	1 in 107.7	120,626	114,746	5,880	4.9%
$10	1 in 11.1	1 in 19.1	542,971	509,851	33,120	6.1%
$5	1 in 11.1	1 in 14.6	542,971	499,522	43,449	8.0%
All prizes	1 in 4.44	1 in 7.07	1,358,412	1,268,765	89,647	6.6%

How $1,000,000 GOLD has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $1,000,000 GOLD. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

August 28, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 2 remain.
August 18, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 3 remain.
August 1, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 4 remain.
July 25, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 5 remain.
July 23, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 6 remain.
June 17, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 7 remain.
May 17, 2025: one $50K Annual Installments prize was claimed; 3 remain.

Derived from day-to-day changes in the official remaining-prize counts, so the date is when the lottery published the change.

$1,000,000 GOLD: common questions

How many $1,000,000 prizes are left in $1,000,000 GOLD?: 2 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 316,680.
What are the odds of winning anything on $1,000,000 GOLD?: 1 in 7.07 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.44 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 7.07, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 13.7.
Is $1,000,000 GOLD worth buying?: Its current payout is 93.6% ($4.68 back per $5 ticket), rank #2 of 109 in New York. That figure fails our plausibility check (see the caution above), so read it as approximate and not as a reason to buy. The best $5 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE (#1651, $5) at 90.0%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $1,000,000 GOLD tickets are left?: We estimate 633,361 of roughly 6,032,408 printed tickets are unsold (89.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $1,000,000 GOLD launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on May 6, 2025. It is still on sale.

Other $5 New York scratch-offs

NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE — 90.0% payout, 1 in 4.57 any prize
$500,000 MATCH TO WIN — 80.0% payout, 1 in 2.81 any prize
50Xtra — 79.5% payout, 1 in 2.95 any prize
DOUBLE WIN — 77.8% payout, 1 in 3.04 any prize
BONUS 20X — 77.2% payout, 1 in 3.14 any prize

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