How many $5,555 prizes are left in INSTANT TAKE 5?

19 of 95 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 172,247.

What are the odds of winning anything on INSTANT TAKE 5?

1 in 2.58 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 1.77 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 8.60, and the odds of winning more than the $1 ticket price are 1 in 21.3.

Is INSTANT TAKE 5 worth buying?

Its current payout is 62.3% ($0.62 back per $1 ticket), rank #94 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 $1 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is INSTANT TAKE 5 (#1680, $1) at 95.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many INSTANT TAKE 5 tickets are left?

We estimate 3,272,700 of roughly 50,197,260 printed tickets are unsold (93.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did INSTANT TAKE 5 launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on September 5, 2024. It is still on sale.

INSTANT TAKE 5 — $1 New York Scratch-Off #1628

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:11 UTC · launched September 5, 2024

INSTANT TAKE 5 New York scratch-off ticket

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INSTANT TAKE 5 (#1628) is a $1 New York scratch-off launched on September 5, 2024. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #94 of 109 active games on current payout (62.3%, $0.62 expected back per ticket) and #12 of 15 $1 games, #5 on any-prize odds (1 in 2.58) and #17 on top-prize odds (1 in 172,247). Since launch the payout has fallen 34.9 points (97.2% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 31.5% (1 in 1.77 at launch). 19 of 95 top prizes of $5,555 remain, and we estimate 3,272,700 tickets are still unsold (93.5% 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 1.77 to 1 in 2.58, further than a game's odds really move. Its prize tiers disagree about how many tickets are left (between 1.37 million and 5.04 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

62.3%

97.2% at launch

Expected value

$0.62

per $1 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 2.58

1 in 1.77 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 8.60

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 21.3

win more than $1

$600+ odds

1 in 172,247

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

19 of 95

$5,555 each

Tickets remaining

6.5%

≈ 3,272,700 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in INSTANT TAKE 5, 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, 1,268,053 of 28,384,785 prizes (4.5%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$5,555	1 in 528,432	1 in 172,247	95	76	19	20.0%
$500	1 in 59,977	1 in 38,961	837	753	84	10.0%
$100	1 in 12,013	1 in 9,351	4,179	3,829	350	8.4%
$40	1 in 3,123	1 in 3,986	16,075	15,254	821	5.1%
$20	1 in 250.0	1 in 505.1	200,804	194,325	6,479	3.2%
$10	1 in 111.1	1 in 228.2	451,791	437,450	14,341	3.2%
$5	1 in 23.8	1 in 56.7	2,108,478	2,050,771	57,707	2.7%
$2	1 in 23.8	1 in 44.3	2,108,426	2,034,578	73,848	3.5%
$1	1 in 8.62	1 in 13.8	5,823,348	5,586,358	236,990	4.1%
FREE Take 5 FPfree ticket	1 in 2.84	1 in 3.73	17,670,752	16,793,338	877,414	5.0%
All prizes	1 in 1.77	1 in 2.58	28,384,785	27,116,732	1,268,053	4.5%

How INSTANT TAKE 5 has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking INSTANT TAKE 5. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

September 12, 2025: one $5,555 prize was claimed; 37 remain.
August 29, 2025: one $5,555 prize was claimed; 38 remain.
August 28, 2025: one $5,555 prize was claimed; 39 remain.
August 25, 2025: one $5,555 prize was claimed; 40 remain.
August 23, 2025: 2 $5,555 prizes were claimed; 41 remain.
August 20, 2025: one $5,555 prize was claimed; 43 remain.
August 8, 2025: one $5,555 prize was claimed; 44 remain.
July 29, 2025: one $5,555 prize was claimed; 45 remain.
July 26, 2025: one $5,555 prize was claimed; 46 remain.
July 16, 2025: one $5,555 prize was claimed; 47 remain.
June 26, 2025: one $5,555 prize was claimed; 48 remain.
June 24, 2025: one $5,555 prize was claimed; 49 remain.

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

INSTANT TAKE 5: common questions

How many $5,555 prizes are left in INSTANT TAKE 5?: 19 of 95 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 172,247.
What are the odds of winning anything on INSTANT TAKE 5?: 1 in 2.58 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 1.77 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 8.60, and the odds of winning more than the $1 ticket price are 1 in 21.3.
Is INSTANT TAKE 5 worth buying?: Its current payout is 62.3% ($0.62 back per $1 ticket), rank #94 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 $1 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is INSTANT TAKE 5 (#1680, $1) at 95.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many INSTANT TAKE 5 tickets are left?: We estimate 3,272,700 of roughly 50,197,260 printed tickets are unsold (93.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did INSTANT TAKE 5 launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on September 5, 2024. It is still on sale.

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