2 of 3
top prizes of $500,000 still out there
Ticket price$5
Top prize$500,000
Launch odds1 in 4.45
Prizes remaining (all tiers)1,066,233
Est. tickets left
≈69%
Hot Dog is a $5 scratch-off from the New York Lottery (game #1701) with a top prize of $500,000 and overall odds of 1 in 4.45 at launch. 1 of 3 top prizes is gone, 2 are still unclaimed, and an estimated 69% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 1,066,233 prizes are still out there (it started with 1,555,906).
Every scratcher is a race between the tickets running out and the prizes running out. "HOT DOG" is squarely mid-run — about two-thirds of the print run is still out there, and two 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 | 2 | 3 |
| $2,000 | 29 | 40 |
| $500 | 2,435 | 3,606 |
| $150 | 4,780 | 7,206 |
| $100 | 15,543 | 23,088 |
| $50 | 23,356 | 34,908 |
| $25 | 58,411 | 86,400 |
| $20 | 58,500 | 86,505 |
| $15 | 46,938 | 69,234 |
| $10 | 377,738 | 553,299 |
| $5 | 478,501 | 691,617 |
Prize counts come straight from official New York lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
2 of the 3 top prizes of $500,000 are still unclaimed, according to official New York lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
Hot Dog is a $5 scratch-off. It is game #1701 from the New York Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 4.45, 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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