How many $5,000,000 prizes are left in VIP MILLIONS?

1 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 5,748,241.

What are the odds of winning anything on VIP MILLIONS?

1 in 3.65 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.59 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.65, and the odds of winning more than the $30 ticket price are 1 in 3.65.

Is VIP MILLIONS worth buying?

Its current payout is 73.5% ($22.04 back per $30 ticket), rank #26 of 109 in New York. The best $30 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is X SERIES: 200X (#1512, $30) at 78.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many VIP MILLIONS tickets are left?

We estimate 5,748,241 of roughly 21,924,050 printed tickets are unsold (73.8% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did VIP MILLIONS launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on December 6, 2022. It is still on sale.

VIP MILLIONS — $30 New York Scratch-Off #1546

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:11 UTC · launched December 6, 2022

VIP MILLIONS New York scratch-off ticket

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VIP MILLIONS (#1546) is a $30 New York scratch-off launched on December 6, 2022. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #26 of 109 active games on current payout (73.5%, $22.04 expected back per ticket) and #7 of 10 $30 games, #30 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.65) and #81 on top-prize odds (1 in 5,748,241). Since launch the payout has fallen 0.7 points (74.2% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 1.6% (1 in 3.59 at launch). 1 of 4 top prizes of $5,000,000 remain, and we estimate 5,748,241 tickets are still unsold (73.8% 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

73.5%

74.2% at launch

Expected value

$22.04

per $30 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.65

1 in 3.59 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.65

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 3.65

win more than $30

$600+ odds

1 in 15,411

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

1 of 4

$5,000,000 each

Tickets remaining

26.2%

≈ 5,748,241 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in VIP MILLIONS, 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, 1,576,311 of 6,109,401 prizes (25.8%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$5,000,000	1 in 5,481,975	1 in 5,748,241	4	3	1	25.0%
$1,000,000	1 in 730,930	1 in 638,693	30	21	9	30.0%
$50,000	1 in 1,461,860	1 in 1,437,060	15	11	4	26.7%
$10,000	1 in 534,827	1 in 522,567	41	30	11	26.8%
$5,000	1 in 38,879	1 in 40,197	564	421	143	25.4%
$2,000	1 in 29,159	1 in 28,040	752	547	205	27.3%
$500	1 in 480.0	1 in 495.2	45,683	34,076	11,607	25.4%
$250	1 in 382.2	1 in 393.3	57,378	42,763	14,615	25.5%
$200	1 in 259.5	1 in 268.3	84,514	63,088	21,426	25.4%
$100	1 in 22.2	1 in 22.8	986,725	734,919	251,806	25.5%
$75	1 in 16.7	1 in 16.9	1,315,865	975,864	340,001	25.8%
$50	1 in 6.06	1 in 6.14	3,617,830	2,681,347	936,483	25.9%
All prizes	1 in 3.59	1 in 3.65	6,109,401	4,533,090	1,576,311	25.8%

How VIP MILLIONS has moved

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

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 21, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 205 remain.
October 19, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 143 remain.
October 17, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 144 remain.
October 16, 2026: 3 $2,000 prizes were claimed; 206 remain.
October 7, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 145 remain.
October 7, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 209 remain.
October 5, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 146 remain.
October 3, 2026: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 11 remain.
October 3, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 210 remain.
September 25, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 211 remain.
September 16, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 212 remain.
September 15, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 147 remain.

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

VIP MILLIONS: common questions

How many $5,000,000 prizes are left in VIP MILLIONS?: 1 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 5,748,241.
What are the odds of winning anything on VIP MILLIONS?: 1 in 3.65 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.59 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.65, and the odds of winning more than the $30 ticket price are 1 in 3.65.
Is VIP MILLIONS worth buying?: Its current payout is 73.5% ($22.04 back per $30 ticket), rank #26 of 109 in New York. The best $30 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is X SERIES: 200X (#1512, $30) at 78.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many VIP MILLIONS tickets are left?: We estimate 5,748,241 of roughly 21,924,050 printed tickets are unsold (73.8% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did VIP MILLIONS launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on December 6, 2022. It is still on sale.

Other $30 New York scratch-offs

X SERIES: 200X — 78.8% payout, 1 in 4.34 any prize
$100, $200 0R $500 — 76.9% payout, 1 in 5.68 any prize
ULTIMATE CASH — 76.6% payout, 1 in 3.55 any prize
$100, $200 OR $500! — 75.5% payout, 1 in 5.88 any prize
300X THE MONEY — 75.4% payout, 1 in 3.71 any prize

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