How many $500,000 prizes are left in DOUBLE YOUR MONEY?

1 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,008,165.

What are the odds of winning anything on DOUBLE YOUR MONEY?

1 in 5.23 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 5.18 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 5.23, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 5.23.

Is DOUBLE YOUR MONEY worth buying?

Its current payout is 64.0% ($3.20 back per $5 ticket), rank #80 of 109 in New York. 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 DOUBLE YOUR MONEY tickets are left?

We estimate 2,008,165 of roughly 6,738,089 printed tickets are unsold (70.2% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did DOUBLE YOUR MONEY launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on June 2, 2026. It is still on sale.

DOUBLE YOUR MONEY — $5 New York Scratch-Off #1698

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:11 UTC · launched June 2, 2026

DOUBLE YOUR MONEY New York scratch-off ticket

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DOUBLE YOUR MONEY (#1698) is a $5 New York scratch-off launched on June 2, 2026. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #80 of 109 active games on current payout (64.0%, $3.20 expected back per ticket) and #22 of 29 $5 games, #97 on any-prize odds (1 in 5.23) and #49 on top-prize odds (1 in 2,008,165). Since launch the payout has fallen 1.0 points (65.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 1.0% (1 in 5.18 at launch). 1 of 3 top prizes of $500,000 remain, and we estimate 2,008,165 tickets are still unsold (70.2% sold). That is below average for New York; the New York ranking lists show better payouts, including at $5.

Current payout

64.0%

65.0% at launch

Expected value

$3.20

per $5 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 5.23

1 in 5.18 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 5.23

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 5.23

win more than $5

$600+ odds

1 in 91,280

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

1 of 3

$500,000 each

Tickets remaining

29.8%

≈ 2,008,165 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in DOUBLE YOUR MONEY, 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, 383,875 of 1,301,366 prizes (29.5%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$500,000	1 in 2,244,933	1 in 2,008,165	3	2	1	33.3%
$2,000	1 in 120,264	1 in 95,627	56	35	21	37.5%
$400	1 in 21,866	1 in 20,703	308	211	97	31.5%
$200	1 in 7,045	1 in 7,724	956	696	260	27.2%
$100	1 in 411.1	1 in 447.5	16,383	11,895	4,488	27.4%
$50	1 in 210.9	1 in 233.9	31,932	23,348	8,584	26.9%
$40	1 in 1,161	1 in 1,254	5,799	4,198	1,601	27.6%
$25	1 in 100.0	1 in 105.5	67,348	48,319	19,029	28.3%
$20	1 in 33.3	1 in 34.5	202,062	143,919	58,143	28.8%
$15	1 in 33.3	1 in 33.6	202,026	142,214	59,812	29.6%
$10	1 in 8.70	1 in 8.66	774,493	542,654	231,839	29.9%
All prizes	1 in 5.18	1 in 5.23	1,301,366	917,491	383,875	29.5%

How DOUBLE YOUR MONEY has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking DOUBLE YOUR MONEY. 49 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 19, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 21 remain.
October 2, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 22 remain.
September 25, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 23 remain.
September 22, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 24 remain.
September 12, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 25 remain.
September 8, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 26 remain.

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

DOUBLE YOUR MONEY: common questions

How many $500,000 prizes are left in DOUBLE YOUR MONEY?: 1 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,008,165.
What are the odds of winning anything on DOUBLE YOUR MONEY?: 1 in 5.23 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 5.18 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 5.23, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 5.23.
Is DOUBLE YOUR MONEY worth buying?: Its current payout is 64.0% ($3.20 back per $5 ticket), rank #80 of 109 in New York. 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 DOUBLE YOUR MONEY tickets are left?: We estimate 2,008,165 of roughly 6,738,089 printed tickets are unsold (70.2% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did DOUBLE YOUR MONEY launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on June 2, 2026. It is still on sale.

Other $5 New York scratch-offs

$1,000,000 GOLD — 93.6% payout, 1 in 7.07 any prize
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

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