INSTANT $500
INSTANT $500 is a $10 New York scratch-off, game #1561. The $500 top prize launched at 1 in 326. Right now 711 of 56,773 of those top prizes are still sitting unclaimed.
- Ticket price
- $10
- Top prize
- $500
- Top prizes left
- 711 / 56,773
- Launch odds
- 1 in 326
- Print run
- 18,533,546
- Odds now
- 1 in 478
The full prize breakdown for INSTANT $500
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 | 1 in 326 | 1 in 478 | 711 / 56,773 |
| $100 | 1 in 100 | 1 in 134 | 2,540 / 185,453 |
| $50 | 1 in 48 | 1 in 67 | 5,046 / 386,143 |
| $30 | 1 in 40 | 1 in 49 | 6,870 / 463,197 |
| $20 | 1 in 17 | 1 in 18 | 19,048 / 1,112,235 |
| $15 | 1 in 50 | 1 in 42 | 8,056 / 370,842 |
| $10 | 1 in 10 | 1 in 8 | 43,358 / 1,853,183 |
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 INSTANT $500
The odds printed on INSTANT $500 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 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. With 711 of 56,773 top prizes still out there, whether INSTANT $500 is worth your money comes down to the odds today — and for this game that number is right above, free.
INSTANT $500 questions
- Does INSTANT $500 still have its top prize?
- Yes. 711 of 56,773 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed on INSTANT $500 (New York game #1561), going by the latest numbers the New York Lottery reports.
- What are the real odds on INSTANT $500 right now?
- The $500 top prize launched at 1 in 326, 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 INSTANT $500 ticket?
- INSTANT $500 costs $10 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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