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)165,902
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, 165,902 prizes are still out there (it started with 2,276,540).
Most of the tickets for "$500,000 BLAST" have been sold. The game is in the last part of its run. The key question is whether the tickets or the top prizes run out first. Right now, tickets are selling faster than top prizes are being claimed, which is good for the tickets that are left.
Every line of $500,000 BLAST's prize table below shows today's count, not last month's.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $500,000 | 1 | 3 |
| $2,500 | 1 | 12 |
| $500 | 156 | 2,893 |
| $100 | 1,677 | 33,951 |
| $50 | 2,884 | 45,719 |
| $30 | 4,456 | 91,427 |
| $25 | 5,775 | 91,405 |
| $20 | 5,312 | 91,427 |
| $10 | 65,945 | 1,005,497 |
| $5 | 79,695 | 914,206 |
Prize counts come straight from official New York lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Oct 18, 2026.
1 of the 3 top prizes of $500,000 are still unclaimed, according to official New York lottery data from Oct 18, 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 Oct 18, 2026. SmartScratcher updates every morning.
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