1 of 3
top prizes of $500,000 still out there
Ticket price$5
Top prize$500,000
Launch odds1 in 4.02
Prizes remaining (all tiers)168,753
Est. tickets left
≈7%
$500,000 Blast is a $5 scratch-off from the New York Lottery (game #1600) with a top prize of $500,000 and overall odds of 1 in 4.02 at launch. 2 of 3 top prizes are gone, 1 is still unclaimed, and an estimated 7% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 168,753 prizes are still out there (it started with 2,276,540).
"$500,000 BLAST" is running on its last stretch of tickets, 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 big prizes have outlasted the tickets so far, which is the setup you want to see. If "$500,000 BLAST" 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 |
|---|---|---|
| $500,000 | 1 | 3 |
| $2,500 | 1 | 12 |
| $500 | 159 | 2,893 |
| $100 | 1,719 | 33,951 |
| $50 | 2,940 | 45,719 |
| $30 | 4,546 | 91,427 |
| $25 | 5,871 | 91,405 |
| $20 | 5,420 | 91,427 |
| $10 | 67,250 | 1,005,497 |
| $5 | 80,846 | 914,206 |
Prize counts come straight from official New York lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
1 of the 3 top prizes of $500,000 are still unclaimed, according to official New York lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
$500,000 Blast is a $5 scratch-off. It is game #1600 from the New York Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 4.02, 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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