Are the top prizes in HOT DOG! still available?

2 of 3 top prizes worth $500,000 are still unclaimed.

What does a HOT DOG! ticket pay back?

You get back about 64¢ of every $1, on average. That is an estimate from the New York Lottery's published prize counts, not a prediction for any single ticket.

New York · $5 ticket · #1701

HOT DOG!

Updated today

2 top prizes are still unclaimed at $500,000. A $5 ticket returns about 64¢ on average.

Pays back per $1 64¢ about 65¢ when the game launched

Top prize $500,000 2 of 3 still unclaimed

How far along 39% about 39% of tickets already sold · roughly 4.2 million tickets left (estimated) 1 in 4.45 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$500,000	2	3
$2,000	27	40
$500	2,105	3,606
$150	4,206	7,206
$100	13,576	23,088
$50	20,407	34,908
$25	51,112	86,400
$20	51,245	86,505
$15	41,243	69,234
$10	331,883	553,299
$5	422,075	691,617

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.6423 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.6481 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 4.45
Estimated tickets printed: 6,923,782
Estimated tickets remaining: 4,193,247
Estimated fraction sold: 0.3944
Game number: #1701

Payback trend across our stored snapshots:

Source: the New York Lottery's own game page. Every figure here is an estimate — how we figure them.