1 of 3
top prizes of $500,000 still out there
Ticket price$5
Top prize$500,000
Launch odds1 in 4.35
Prizes remaining (all tiers)647,384
Est. tickets left
≈41%
Pot Of Gold is a $5 scratch-off from the New York Lottery (game #1695) with a top prize of $500,000 and overall odds of 1 in 4.35 at launch. 2 of 3 top prizes are gone, 1 is still unclaimed, and an estimated 41% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 647,384 prizes are still out there (it started with 1,591,218).
Some games are best understood one row of the table at a time. On "POT OF GOLD" right now, the most common win still waiting is $5 — 287,308 of them on the board — plus seventeen prizes of $2,500 sitting just under the top end. The full count, top to bottom, is right below. Tomorrow's tally on "POT OF GOLD" will read a little different — it sells every day, and this page keeps count.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $500,000 | 1 | 3 |
| $2,500 | 17 | 40 |
| $500 | 967 | 2,499 |
| $200 | 891 | 2,319 |
| $100 | 8,296 | 21,633 |
| $50 | 10,053 | 26,190 |
| $30 | 26,686 | 69,125 |
| $25 | 33,999 | 86,490 |
| $20 | 27,373 | 69,149 |
| $15 | 27,124 | 69,108 |
| $10 | 226,408 | 553,155 |
| $5 | 285,569 | 691,507 |
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.
Pot Of Gold is a $5 scratch-off. It is game #1695 from the New York Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 4.35, 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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