2026
2026 is a $5 New York scratch-off, game #1678. The $500,000 top prize launched at 1 in 2,040,067. Every one of the 3 top prizes has already been claimed.
- Ticket price
- $5
- Top prize
- $500,000
- Top prizes left
- All claimed
- Launch odds
- 1 in 2,040,067
- Print run
- 6,120,200
- Odds now
- N/A
The full prize breakdown for 2026
Every prize level, the launch odds printed on the ticket, how many prizes are still unclaimed, and — because this is a flagged game — today’s live odds recalculated for right now, all shown free.
| Prize | Launch odds | Odds now | Prizes left |
|---|---|---|---|
| $500,000 | 1 in 2,040,067 | N/A | All claimed |
| $2,000 | 1 in 765,025 | 1 in 773,810 | 1 / 8 |
| $500 | 1 in 16,191 | 1 in 20,363 | 38 / 378 |
| $200 | 1 in 2,003 | 1 in 2,529 | 306 / 3,055 |
| $100 | 1 in 343 | 1 in 421 | 1,839 / 17,836 |
| $50 | 1 in 80 | 1 in 93 | 8,360 / 76,541 |
| $20 | 1 in 67 | 1 in 74 | 10,493 / 91,799 |
| $15 | 1 in 50 | 1 in 58 | 13,423 / 122,380 |
| $10 | 1 in 11 | 1 in 11 | 67,901 / 550,850 |
| $5 | 1 in 11 | 1 in 10 | 76,607 / 550,850 |
Every tier above shows today’s real odds recalculated from the prizes and tickets still left, right beside the launch odds printed on the ticket — no membership needed. Savvy Scratch gives away the New and Bad buckets in full; our ranked best-value order across the whole board is the members feature.
Launch odds vs. real odds on 2026
The odds printed on 2026 were set the day it went to print and they never move. The real odds do, every single day, as prizes get claimed and tickets sell. When the $500,000 prizes get scooped up faster than the tickets sell, the real odds on that top prize get worse than what’s on the front. When tickets sell faster than the big prizes go, they get better. On 2026 the top prize is already gone, so those printed odds are selling you a jackpot that isn’t on the shelf anymore.
2026 questions
- Does 2026 still have its top prize?
- No. All 3 of the $500,000 top prizes on 2026 (New York game #1678) are gone. The ticket still advertises the same odds it launched with, but you would be playing for a jackpot that no longer exists. Skip it.
- What are the real odds on 2026 right now?
- The $500,000 top prize launched at 1 in 2,040,067, and that is the number printed on the ticket. Those odds were locked in the day the game printed and they never move. The odds that actually matter get recalculated from the prizes and tickets still left today, and that live number is the one members see.
- How much is a 2026 ticket?
- 2026 costs $5 in New York.
- Why doesn't the New York Lottery just tell me this?
- Because the odds printed on the ticket make every game look identical from the day it launches to the day it ends. The lottery has no reason to point out that a game's best prizes are already claimed. We read the remaining-prize data New York publishes every day and do the math they leave out.
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