1 of 25
top prizes of $2,500 still out there
Ticket price$2
Top prize$2,500
Launch odds1 in 3.75
Prizes remaining (all tiers)630,146
Est. tickets left
≈7%
Win For Life is a $2 scratch-off from the New York Lottery (game #1453) with a top prize of $2,500 and overall odds of 1 in 3.75 at launch. 24 of 25 top prizes are gone, 1 is still unclaimed, and an estimated 7% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 630,146 prizes are still out there (it started with 9,422,304).
"Win for Life" is in its final stretch, with only a small slice of its tickets still out there. Games late in their run get interesting when the prizes outlast the tickets; early ones are mostly a bet on the design. Here, the tickets and the top prizes are burning down at about the same pace. If "Win for Life" is your usual pick, make this page a habit — the board moves even when the ticket art doesn't.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $2,500 | 1 | 25 |
| $200 | 7 | 249 |
| $100 | 231 | 4,750 |
| $40 | 8,444 | 182,380 |
| $20 | 14,179 | 364,760 |
| $15 | 6,654 | 182,380 |
| $12 | 7,241 | 182,380 |
| $10 | 31,277 | 663,104 |
| $7 | 12,343 | 267,884 |
| $5 | 75,994 | 1,288,835 |
| $4 | 63,746 | 1,143,622 |
| $2 | 410,028 | 5,141,930 |
| 🎟️ Free Ticket | 1 | 5 |
Prize counts come straight from official New York lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
1 of the 25 top prizes of $2,500 are still unclaimed, according to official New York lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
Win For Life is a $2 scratch-off. It is game #1453 from the New York Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 3.75, counting every prize tier. Odds shift as tickets sell and prizes get claimed — that's exactly what the prize table on this page tracks.
Prize counts come straight from official New York lottery data, last refreshed on Sep 1, 2026. SmartScratcher updates every morning.
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