How many $7,000 prizes are left in LUCKY 7'S?

2 of 20 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,066,817.

What are the odds of winning anything on LUCKY 7'S?

1 in 3.76 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.96 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.76, and the odds of winning more than the $1 ticket price are 1 in 8.59.

Is LUCKY 7'S worth buying?

Its current payout is 64.7% ($0.65 back per $1 ticket), rank #70 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 LUCKY 7'S tickets are left?

We estimate 2,133,634 of roughly 25,457,083 printed tickets are unsold (91.6% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did LUCKY 7'S launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on March 21, 2025. It is still on sale.

LUCKY 7'S — $1 New York Scratch-Off #1653

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:11 UTC · launched March 21, 2025

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LUCKY 7'S (#1653) is a $1 New York scratch-off launched on March 21, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #70 of 109 active games on current payout (64.7%, $0.65 expected back per ticket) and #7 of 15 $1 games, #36 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.76) and #35 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,066,817). Since launch the payout has risen 0.9 points (63.8% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 32.1% (1 in 4.96 at launch). 2 of 20 top prizes of $7,000 remain, and we estimate 2,133,634 tickets are still unsold (91.6% 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 4.96 to 1 in 3.76, further than a game's odds really move. Its prize tiers disagree about how many tickets are left (between 1.46 million and 3.47 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

64.7%

63.8% at launch

Expected value

$0.65

per $1 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.76

1 in 4.96 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.76

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 8.59

win more than $1

$600+ odds

1 in 1,066,817

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

2 of 20

$7,000 each

Tickets remaining

8.4%

≈ 2,133,634 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in LUCKY 7'S, 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, 567,591 of 5,127,883 prizes (11.1%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$7,000	1 in 1,272,775	1 in 1,066,817	20	18	2	10.0%
$500	1 in 48,029	1 in 53,341	530	490	40	7.5%
$80	1 in 2,997	1 in 4,372	8,495	8,007	488	5.7%
$40	1 in 480.2	1 in 699.3	53,011	49,960	3,051	5.8%
$20	1 in 200.0	1 in 276.4	127,279	119,559	7,720	6.1%
$10	1 in 100.0	1 in 120.5	254,549	236,846	17,703	7.0%
$5	1 in 83.4	1 in 66.2	305,343	273,136	32,207	10.5%
$2	1 in 12.5	1 in 11.4	2,036,698	1,849,658	187,040	9.2%
$1	1 in 10.9	1 in 6.68	2,341,958	2,022,618	319,340	13.6%
All prizes	1 in 4.96	1 in 3.76	5,127,883	4,560,292	567,591	11.1%

How LUCKY 7'S has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking LUCKY 7'S. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

September 2, 2025: one $7,000 prize was claimed; 12 remain.
August 26, 2025: one $7,000 prize was claimed; 13 remain.
August 14, 2025: one $7,000 prize was claimed; 14 remain.
August 6, 2025: one $7,000 prize was claimed; 15 remain.
July 7, 2025: one $7,000 prize was claimed; 16 remain.
July 4, 2025: one $7,000 prize was claimed; 17 remain.
June 1, 2025: one $7,000 prize was claimed; 18 remain.
April 12, 2025: one $7,000 prize was claimed; 19 remain.

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

LUCKY 7'S: common questions

How many $7,000 prizes are left in LUCKY 7'S?: 2 of 20 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,066,817.
What are the odds of winning anything on LUCKY 7'S?: 1 in 3.76 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.96 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.76, and the odds of winning more than the $1 ticket price are 1 in 8.59.
Is LUCKY 7'S worth buying?: Its current payout is 64.7% ($0.65 back per $1 ticket), rank #70 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 LUCKY 7'S tickets are left?: We estimate 2,133,634 of roughly 25,457,083 printed tickets are unsold (91.6% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did LUCKY 7'S launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on March 21, 2025. It is still on sale.

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