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

4 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 4,277,403.

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

1 in 3.88 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.85 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.88, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 6.31.

Is $5,000,000 SPECTACULAR worth buying?

Its current payout is 72.9% ($14.59 back per $20 ticket), rank #33 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 SPECTACULAR tickets are left?

We estimate 17,109,614 of roughly 18,524,600 printed tickets are unsold (7.6% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

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

It launched on September 1, 2026. It is still on sale.

$5,000,000 SPECTACULAR — $20 New York Scratch-Off #1709

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:11 UTC · launched September 1, 2026

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

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$5,000,000 SPECTACULAR (#1709) is a $20 New York scratch-off launched on September 1, 2026. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #33 of 109 active games on current payout (72.9%, $14.59 expected back per ticket) and #10 of 14 $20 games, #52 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.88) and #71 on top-prize odds (1 in 4,277,403). Since launch the payout has fallen 0.2 points (73.1% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 0.9% (1 in 3.85 at launch). 4 of 4 top prizes of $5,000,000 ($250K Annual Installments) remain, and we estimate 17,109,614 tickets are still unsold (7.6% 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

72.9%

73.1% at launch

Expected value

$14.59

per $20 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.88

1 in 3.85 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.88

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 6.31

win more than $20

$600+ odds

1 in 12,599

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

4 of 4

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

Tickets remaining

92.4%

≈ 17,109,614 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $5,000,000 SPECTACULAR, 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, 4,409,702 of 4,816,969 prizes (91.5%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$250K Annual Installments	1 in 4,631,550	1 in 4,277,403	4	0	4	100.0%
$20,000	1 in 926,310	1 in 950,534	20	2	18	90.0%
$10,000	1 in 411,693	1 in 417,308	45	4	41	91.1%
$5,000	1 in 112,965	1 in 111,828	164	11	153	93.3%
$2,500	1 in 14,989	1 in 14,982	1,236	94	1,142	92.4%
$500	1 in 499.6	1 in 503.7	37,085	3,114	33,971	91.6%
$250	1 in 126.0	1 in 127.3	147,034	12,606	134,428	91.4%
$100	1 in 33.3	1 in 33.7	555,875	47,443	508,432	91.5%
$50	1 in 20.0	1 in 20.2	926,140	78,366	847,774	91.5%
$40	1 in 14.3	1 in 14.4	1,296,906	110,382	1,186,524	91.5%
$20	1 in 10.0	1 in 10.1	1,852,460	155,245	1,697,215	91.6%
All prizes	1 in 3.85	1 in 3.88	4,816,969	407,267	4,409,702	91.5%

How $5,000,000 SPECTACULAR has moved

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

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 24, 2026: 4 $2,500 prizes were claimed; 1,142 remain.
October 23, 2026: 3 $2,500 prizes were claimed; 1,146 remain.
October 22, 2026: one $2,500 prize was claimed; 1,149 remain.
October 21, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 153 remain.
October 21, 2026: 3 $2,500 prizes were claimed; 1,150 remain.
October 20, 2026: 2 $2,500 prizes were claimed; 1,153 remain.
October 19, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 154 remain.
October 19, 2026: one $2,500 prize was claimed; 1,155 remain.
October 18, 2026: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 41 remain.
October 18, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 155 remain.
October 18, 2026: 2 $2,500 prizes were claimed; 1,156 remain.
October 17, 2026: one $2,500 prize was claimed; 1,158 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 SPECTACULAR: common questions

How many $5,000,000 prizes are left in $5,000,000 SPECTACULAR?: 4 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 4,277,403.
What are the odds of winning anything on $5,000,000 SPECTACULAR?: 1 in 3.88 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.85 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.88, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 6.31.
Is $5,000,000 SPECTACULAR worth buying?: Its current payout is 72.9% ($14.59 back per $20 ticket), rank #33 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 SPECTACULAR tickets are left?: We estimate 17,109,614 of roughly 18,524,600 printed tickets are unsold (7.6% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $5,000,000 SPECTACULAR launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on September 1, 2026. 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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