How many $60,000 prizes are left in UNLOCK IT!?

0 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The top prize is gone; anything you win will be a lower tier.

What are the odds of winning anything on UNLOCK IT!?

1 in 3.35 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.92 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.35, and the odds of winning more than the $3 ticket price are 1 in 5.98.

Is UNLOCK IT! worth buying?

Its current payout is 71.0% ($2.13 back per $3 ticket), rank #40 of 109 in New York. The best $3 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is WIN $60,000 (#1673, $3) at 65.7%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many UNLOCK IT! tickets are left?

We estimate 2,289,150 of roughly 11,466,253 printed tickets are unsold (80.0% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did UNLOCK IT! launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on May 6, 2025. It is still on sale.

UNLOCK IT! — $3 New York Scratch-Off #1656

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:11 UTC · launched May 6, 2025

Official New York Lottery page →

UNLOCK IT! (#1656) is a $3 New York scratch-off launched on May 6, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #40 of 109 active games on current payout (71.0%, $2.13 expected back per ticket) and #1 of 8 $3 games, #16 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.35) and #103 on top-prize odds (—). Since launch the payout has risen 8.0 points (63.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 17.0% (1 in 3.92 at launch). 0 of 4 top prizes of $60,000 remain, and we estimate 2,289,150 tickets are still unsold (80.0% 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

71.0%

63.0% at launch

Expected value

$2.13

per $3 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.35

1 in 3.92 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.35

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 5.98

win more than $3

$600+ odds

1 in 2,289,150

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

0 of 4

$60,000 each

Tickets remaining

20.0%

≈ 2,289,150 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in UNLOCK IT!, 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, 683,122 of 2,924,275 prizes (23.4%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$60,000	1 in 2,866,550	all claimed	4	4	0	0.0%
$3,000	1 in 1,146,620	1 in 2,289,150	10	9	1	10.0%
$500	1 in 29,628	1 in 26,312	387	300	87	22.5%
$250	1 in 9,902	1 in 9,157	1,158	908	250	21.6%
$100	1 in 1,994	1 in 1,814	5,750	4,488	1,262	21.9%
$75	1 in 999.5	1 in 918.6	11,472	8,980	2,492	21.7%
$50	1 in 294.6	1 in 264.4	38,920	30,262	8,658	22.2%
$25	1 in 166.6	1 in 151.0	68,828	53,665	15,163	22.0%
$20	1 in 71.4	1 in 65.4	160,496	125,506	34,990	21.8%
$15	1 in 100.0	1 in 89.4	114,662	89,067	25,595	22.3%
$10	1 in 100.0	1 in 87.9	114,662	88,627	26,035	22.7%
$6	1 in 50.0	1 in 42.5	229,272	175,467	53,805	23.5%
$5	1 in 12.5	1 in 10.7	917,240	702,733	214,507	23.4%
$3	1 in 9.09	1 in 7.62	1,261,414	961,137	300,277	23.8%
All prizes	1 in 3.92	1 in 3.35	2,924,275	2,241,153	683,122	23.4%

How UNLOCK IT! has moved

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

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

September 23, 2025: one $3,000 prize was claimed; 4 remain.
August 8, 2025: one $60,000 prize was claimed; 2 remain.
August 7, 2025: one $3,000 prize was claimed; 5 remain.
August 2, 2025: one $3,000 prize was claimed; 6 remain.
July 17, 2025: one $3,000 prize was claimed; 7 remain.
June 4, 2025: one $60,000 prize was claimed; 3 remain.
May 31, 2025: one $3,000 prize was claimed; 8 remain.
May 9, 2025: one $3,000 prize was claimed; 9 remain.

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

UNLOCK IT!: common questions

How many $60,000 prizes are left in UNLOCK IT!?: 0 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The top prize is gone; anything you win will be a lower tier.
What are the odds of winning anything on UNLOCK IT!?: 1 in 3.35 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.92 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.35, and the odds of winning more than the $3 ticket price are 1 in 5.98.
Is UNLOCK IT! worth buying?: Its current payout is 71.0% ($2.13 back per $3 ticket), rank #40 of 109 in New York. The best $3 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is WIN $60,000 (#1673, $3) at 65.7%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many UNLOCK IT! tickets are left?: We estimate 2,289,150 of roughly 11,466,253 printed tickets are unsold (80.0% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did UNLOCK IT! launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on May 6, 2025. It is still on sale.

Other $3 New York scratch-offs

CASHWORD EXTRA! — 69.5% payout, 1 in 3.12 any prize
WIN $60,000 — 65.7% payout, 1 in 3.62 any prize
30Xtra CASHWORD — 64.4% payout, 1 in 3.82 any prize
LUCKY LINES — 63.3% payout, 1 in 3.83 any prize
DIAMOND CASHWORD — 63.2% payout, 1 in 4.01 any prize

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