2026 is a $5 scratch-off from the New York Lottery (game #1678) with overall odds of 1 in 4.33 at launch. All 3 top prizes of $500,000 have been claimed — none are left to win. The biggest prize still out there is $2,000, with 1 unclaimed, and an estimated 13% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 182,849 prizes are still out there (it started with 1,413,700).
Every scratcher is a race between the tickets running out and the prizes running out. "2026" is in its final stretch — about a quarter of the print run is still out there, and zero of three top prizes are still in play. The rest of this page is the play-by-play. If you're a regular on this game, bookmark it — this write-up refreshes with every morning's data.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $500,000 | 0 gone | 3 |
| $2,000 | 1 | 8 |
| $500 | 40 | 378 |
| $200 | 308 | 3,055 |
| $100 | 1,864 | 17,836 |
| $50 | 8,510 | 76,541 |
| $20 | 10,726 | 91,799 |
| $15 | 13,722 | 122,380 |
| $10 | 69,411 | 550,850 |
| $5 | 78,267 | 550,850 |
Prize counts come straight from official New York lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
All 3 top prizes of $500,000 have been claimed, according to official New York lottery data from Sep 1, 2026. The biggest prize still unclaimed is $2,000, with 1 left — see the full table above for every tier.
2026 is a $5 scratch-off. It is game #1678 from the New York Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 4.33, 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.
Prize counts are just the start. SmartScratcher turns them into a ticket value, a 0–100 score, and a straight answer for every game — so you skip the picked-clean ones and play the good ones.
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