54 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)1,312,808
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. 3,151 of 3,205 top prizes are gone, 54 are still unclaimed, and an estimated 4% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 1,312,808 prizes are still out there (it started with 32,857,597).
"LOOSE CHANGE" has 54 of 3,205 top prizes left and is near the end of its run. Nearly all of the tickets are already sold. As a game goes on, the same prizes are spread across fewer tickets. Right now, neither the tickets nor the top prizes are running out faster than the other.
Tomorrow's count on "LOOSE CHANGE" will be a little different. The game sells every day, and this page keeps track.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 54 | 3,205 |
| $100 | 689 | 45,036 |
| $40 | 3,325 | 211,653 |
| $25 | 10,633 | 617,972 |
| $10 | 25,769 | 1,235,944 |
| $5 | 116,194 | 4,480,400 |
| $2 | 298,780 | 8,188,037 |
| $1 | 857,364 | 18,075,350 |
Prize counts come straight from official New York lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Oct 18, 2026.
54 of the 3,205 top prizes of $500 are still unclaimed, according to official New York lottery data from Oct 18, 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 Oct 18, 2026. SmartScratcher updates every morning.
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