How many $5,000,000 prizes are left in $5,000,000 BLITZ?

3 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 3,846,156.

What are the odds of winning anything on $5,000,000 BLITZ?

1 in 3.87 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.79 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.87, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 6.24.

Is $5,000,000 BLITZ worth buying?

Its current payout is 72.7% ($14.54 back per $20 ticket), rank #35 of 109 in New York. The best $20 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is BONUS 100X (#1643, $20) at 75.2%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many $5,000,000 BLITZ tickets are left?

We estimate 11,538,468 of roughly 18,097,300 printed tickets are unsold (36.2% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did $5,000,000 BLITZ launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on October 7, 2025. It is still on sale.

$5,000,000 BLITZ — $20 New York Scratch-Off #1671

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:11 UTC · launched October 7, 2025

$5,000,000 BLITZ New York scratch-off ticket

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$5,000,000 BLITZ (#1671) is a $20 New York scratch-off launched on October 7, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #35 of 109 active games on current payout (72.7%, $14.54 expected back per ticket) and #11 of 14 $20 games, #50 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.87) and #68 on top-prize odds (1 in 3,846,156). Since launch the payout has fallen 0.6 points (73.3% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 2.0% (1 in 3.79 at launch). 3 of 4 top prizes of $5,000,000 ($250K Annual Installments) remain, and we estimate 11,538,468 tickets are still unsold (36.2% sold). That is a middle-of-the-pack game: fine to play, but the ranking lists show better value at the same price.

Current payout

72.7%

73.3% at launch

Expected value

$14.54

per $20 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.87

1 in 3.79 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.87

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 6.24

win more than $20

$600+ odds

1 in 11,945

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

3 of 4

$5,000,000 ($250K Annual Installments) each

Tickets remaining

63.8%

≈ 11,538,468 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $5,000,000 BLITZ, 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, 2,984,347 of 4,778,448 prizes (62.5%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$250K Annual Installments	1 in 4,523,550	1 in 3,846,156	4	1	3	75.0%
$20,000	1 in 723,768	1 in 721,154	25	9	16	64.0%
$10,000	1 in 301,570	1 in 295,858	60	21	39	65.0%
$4,000	1 in 60,114	1 in 60,096	301	109	192	63.8%
$2,000	1 in 15,956	1 in 16,115	1,134	418	716	63.1%
$500	1 in 776.8	1 in 796.1	23,292	8,799	14,493	62.2%
$400	1 in 959.4	1 in 986.9	18,860	7,168	11,692	62.0%
$200	1 in 150.1	1 in 154.3	120,535	45,733	74,802	62.1%
$100	1 in 40.0	1 in 41.0	452,449	171,312	281,137	62.1%
$80	1 in 50.0	1 in 51.3	361,729	136,927	224,802	62.1%
$50	1 in 25.0	1 in 25.5	723,611	271,589	452,022	62.5%
$40	1 in 14.3	1 in 14.6	1,266,718	477,101	789,617	62.3%
$20	1 in 10.0	1 in 10.2	1,809,730	674,914	1,134,816	62.7%
All prizes	1 in 3.79	1 in 3.87	4,778,448	1,794,101	2,984,347	62.5%

How $5,000,000 BLITZ has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $5,000,000 BLITZ. 49 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 23, 2026: 2 $2,000 prizes were claimed; 716 remain.
October 20, 2026: 3 $2,000 prizes were claimed; 718 remain.
October 16, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 721 remain.
October 14, 2026: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 39 remain.
October 12, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 722 remain.
October 9, 2026: 2 $2,000 prizes were claimed; 723 remain.
October 8, 2026: 2 $2,000 prizes were claimed; 725 remain.
October 4, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 727 remain.
October 2, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 728 remain.
October 1, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 729 remain.
September 30, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 730 remain.
September 29, 2026: 3 $2,000 prizes were claimed; 731 remain.

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

$5,000,000 BLITZ: common questions

How many $5,000,000 prizes are left in $5,000,000 BLITZ?: 3 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 3,846,156.
What are the odds of winning anything on $5,000,000 BLITZ?: 1 in 3.87 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.79 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.87, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 6.24.
Is $5,000,000 BLITZ worth buying?: Its current payout is 72.7% ($14.54 back per $20 ticket), rank #35 of 109 in New York. The best $20 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is BONUS 100X (#1643, $20) at 75.2%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $5,000,000 BLITZ tickets are left?: We estimate 11,538,468 of roughly 18,097,300 printed tickets are unsold (36.2% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $5,000,000 BLITZ launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on October 7, 2025. It is still on sale.

Other $20 New York scratch-offs

BONUS 100X — 75.2% payout, 1 in 3.88 any prize
$2,000,000 CASHWORD — 75.1% payout, 1 in 2.92 any prize
$5,000,000 CASH ROYALE — 75.0% payout, 1 in 3.85 any prize
$10,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE — 73.7% payout, 1 in 3.78 any prize
WIN EITHER $100 OR $200! — 73.7% payout, 1 in 7.80 any prize

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