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$5,000,000 CASH ROYALE — $20 New York Scratch-Off #1579

Data captured · launched July 28, 2023

$5,000,000 CASH ROYALE (#1579) is a $20 New York scratch-off launched on July 28, 2023. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #17 of 109 active games on current payout (75.0%, $15.00 expected back per ticket) and #3 of 14 $20 games, #46 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.85) and #73 on top-prize odds (1 in 4,454,842). Since launch the payout has risen 0.3 points (74.7% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 1.3% (1 in 3.90 at launch). 1 of 4 top prizes of $5,000,000 ($250K Annual Installments) remain, and we estimate 4,454,842 tickets are still unsold (75.5% 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
75.0%
74.7% at launch
Expected value
$15.00
per $20 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 3.85
1 in 3.90 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 3.85
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 6.36
win more than $20
$600+ odds
1 in 3,189
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
1 of 4
$5,000,000 ($250K Annual Installments) each
Tickets remaining
24.5%
≈ 4,454,842 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $5,000,000 CASH ROYALE, 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, 1,157,996 of 4,655,664 prizes (24.9%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$250K Annual Installments 1 in 4,538,563 1 in 4,454,842 4 3 1 25.0%
$10,000 1 in 235,769 1 in 247,491 77 59 18 23.4%
$5,000 1 in 10,052 1 in 9,966 1,806 1,359 447 24.8%
$2,500 1 in 4,823 1 in 4,785 3,764 2,833 931 24.7%
$500 1 in 355.8 1 in 361.4 51,020 38,694 12,326 24.2%
$200 1 in 119.9 1 in 121.9 151,423 114,883 36,540 24.1%
$100 1 in 40.0 1 in 40.2 453,878 343,073 110,805 24.4%
$50 1 in 25.0 1 in 24.6 726,225 544,940 181,285 25.0%
$40 1 in 12.5 1 in 12.4 1,452,285 1,094,346 357,939 24.6%
$20 1 in 10.0 1 in 9.73 1,815,182 1,357,478 457,704 25.2%
All prizes1 in 3.901 in 3.85 4,655,6643,497,668 1,157,99624.9%

How $5,000,000 CASH ROYALE has moved

72% 75% 77% Feb 2025Jul 2025Oct 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $5,000,000 CASH ROYALE. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

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 CASH ROYALE: common questions

How many $5,000,000 prizes are left in $5,000,000 CASH ROYALE?
1 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 4,454,842.
What are the odds of winning anything on $5,000,000 CASH ROYALE?
1 in 3.85 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.90 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.85, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 6.36.
Is $5,000,000 CASH ROYALE worth buying?
Its current payout is 75.0% ($15.00 back per $20 ticket), rank #17 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 CASH ROYALE tickets are left?
We estimate 4,454,842 of roughly 18,151,820 printed tickets are unsold (75.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $5,000,000 CASH ROYALE launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on July 28, 2023. It is still on sale.

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