Loose Change is a $1 scratch-off from the New York Lottery (game #1707) with a top prize of $500 and overall odds of 1 in 4.7 at launch. 91 of 1,548 top prizes are gone, 1,457 are still unclaimed, and an estimated 94% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 15,028,372 prizes are still out there (it started with 15,958,741).
Every scratcher is a race between the tickets running out and the prizes running out. "LOOSE CHANGE" is still young — most of the print run is still out there, and 1,457 of 1,548 top prizes are still in play. The rest of this page is the play-by-play. Everything above comes from the New York Lottery's own published numbers — we just do the counting.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 1,457 | 1,548 |
| $100 | 20,596 | 21,969 |
| $40 | 96,566 | 102,972 |
| $25 | 281,791 | 300,141 |
| $10 | 563,975 | 600,282 |
| $5 | 2,046,109 | 2,176,140 |
| $2 | 3,743,331 | 3,976,583 |
| $1 | 8,274,547 | 8,779,106 |
Prize counts come straight from official New York lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
1,457 of the 1,548 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 #1707 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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