61 of 3,205
top prizes of $500 still out there
Ticket price$1
Top prize$500
Launch odds1 in 4.7
Prizes remaining (all tiers)1,409,621
Est. tickets left
≈4%
Loose Change is a $1 scratch-off from the New York Lottery (game #1618) with a top prize of $500 and overall odds of 1 in 4.7 at launch. 3,144 of 3,205 top prizes are gone, 61 are still unclaimed, and an estimated 4% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 1,409,621 prizes are still out there (it started with 32,857,597).
Every scratcher is a race between the tickets running out and the prizes running out. "LOOSE CHANGE" is near the end of the line — only a small slice of the print run is still out there, and 61 of 3,205 top prizes are still in play. The rest of this page is the play-by-play. That's the free read on "LOOSE CHANGE" for today — every number behind it is on this page.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 61 | 3,205 |
| $100 | 809 | 45,036 |
| $40 | 3,812 | 211,653 |
| $25 | 12,095 | 617,972 |
| $10 | 28,844 | 1,235,944 |
| $5 | 128,350 | 4,480,400 |
| $2 | 322,684 | 8,188,037 |
| $1 | 912,966 | 18,075,350 |
Prize counts come straight from official New York lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
61 of the 3,205 top prizes of $500 are still unclaimed, according to official New York lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
Loose Change is a $1 scratch-off. It is game #1618 from the New York Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 4.7, 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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