LUCKY 13 — $5 New York Scratch-Off #1672
LUCKY 13 (#1672) is a $5 New York scratch-off launched on October 7, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #101 of 109 active games on current payout (59.4%, $2.97 expected back per ticket) and #26 of 29 $5 games, #100 on any-prize odds (1 in 5.39) and #23 on top-prize odds (1 in 450,025). Since launch the payout has fallen 5.7 points (65.1% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 23.7% (1 in 4.11 at launch). 1 of 3 top prizes of $500,000 remain, and we estimate 450,025 tickets are still unsold (92.4% 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 4.11 to 1 in 5.39, further than a game's odds really move. Its prize tiers disagree about how many tickets are left (between 0.16 million and 0.43 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).
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in LUCKY 13, 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, 83,549 of 1,432,028 prizes (5.8%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500,000 | 1 in 1,962,733 | 1 in 450,025 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 33.3% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 588,820 | 1 in 450,025 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10.0% |
| $300 | 1 in 9,880 | 1 in 28,127 | 596 | 580 | 16 | 2.7% |
| $150 | 1 in 620.6 | 1 in 1,738 | 9,488 | 9,229 | 259 | 2.7% |
| $90 | 1 in 200.9 | 1 in 462.5 | 29,308 | 28,335 | 973 | 3.3% |
| $30 | 1 in 79.9 | 1 in 164.8 | 73,737 | 71,007 | 2,730 | 3.7% |
| $20 | 1 in 125.1 | 1 in 249.6 | 47,078 | 45,275 | 1,803 | 3.8% |
| $15 | 1 in 62.5 | 1 in 110.8 | 94,207 | 90,145 | 4,062 | 4.3% |
| $10 | 1 in 10.0 | 1 in 14.5 | 588,844 | 557,847 | 30,997 | 5.3% |
| $5 | 1 in 10.0 | 1 in 10.5 | 588,757 | 546,050 | 42,707 | 7.3% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.11 | 1 in 5.39 | 1,432,028 | 1,348,479 | 83,549 | 5.8% |
How LUCKY 13 has moved
LUCKY 13: common questions
- How many $500,000 prizes are left in LUCKY 13?
- 1 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 450,025.
- What are the odds of winning anything on LUCKY 13?
- 1 in 5.39 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.11 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 5.39, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 11.0.
- Is LUCKY 13 worth buying?
- Its current payout is 59.4% ($2.97 back per $5 ticket), rank #101 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 $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 LUCKY 13 tickets are left?
- We estimate 450,025 of roughly 5,887,570 printed tickets are unsold (92.4% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did LUCKY 13 launch and is it still on sale?
- It launched on October 7, 2025. 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