Quick Draw Odds and Prizes
The Quick Draw prize structure can appear complicated, but it’s just a matter of matching the numbers on your ticket to the numbers that are drawn.
Whether you win a prize or not depends on which type of game you played and how many of your selected numbers are drawn. For example, it is difficult to match five numbers in the 5-spot game as all of your chosen numbers have to be drawn. In the 10-spot game, the odds of matching five numbers are better as you only need half of your numbers to be drawn. The prize is therefore much smaller.
If you play a 10-spot game, you have the chance to win the biggest prize of $100,000 by matching all 10 of your numbers. Prize money is also multiplied by the value of your wager, so it is possible to win $1 million if you wager $10 and win the top prize in the 10-spot game. If you play seven or more spots, you also win a prize if you fail to match a single number.
The following table shows the prizes you can win for matching numbers in each game (based on a $1 play). If you wagered more, multiply it accordingly to find out the payout value.
| Game Played | Numbers Matched | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 10-Spot | $5 | $2 | $10 | $45 | $300 | $5,000 | $100,000 | ||||
| 9-Spot | $2 | $5 | $20 | $125 | $3,000 | $30,000 | |||||
| 8-Spot | $2 | $6 | $75 | $550 | $10,000 | ||||||
| 7-Spot | $1 | $2 | $20 | $100 | $5,000 | ||||||
| 6-Spot | $1 | $6 | $55 | $1,000 | |||||||
| 5-Spot | $2 | $20 | $300 | ||||||||
| 4-Spot | $1 | $5 | $55 | ||||||||
| 3-Spot | $2 | $23 | |||||||||
| 2-Spot | $10 | ||||||||||
| 1-Spot | $2 | ||||||||||
Quick Draw Extra
You can opt in to play Quick Draw Extra at the point you buy a ticket. If you do so, you will have the chance to multiply any prizes you win by up to 10 times their original value, based on the Extra Number that is generated after the 20 main numbers.
So, think of the Extra Number as the multiplier that will be applied to your prize money if you opted in to play. For example, ‘X2’ would mean prizes are doubled, whilst ‘X3’ would mean they are tripled, and so on. It is also possible that the Extra Number ‘X1’ is drawn, in which case all prizes remain at their original value.
Odds of Winning
The following table shows the overall odds of winning a prize for each game:
| Game Type | Odds of Winning |
|---|---|
| 10-spot | 1 in 9.05 |
| 9-spot | 1 in 9.74 |
| 8-spot | 1 in 9.17 |
| 7-spot | 1 in 5.46 |
| 6-spot | 1 in 6.19 |
| 5-spot | 1 in 10.34 |
| 4-spot | 1 in 3.86 |
| 3-spot | 1 in 6.55 |
| 2-spot | 1 in 16.63 |
| 1-spot | 1 in 4 |
Money Dots Prizes
Money Dots uses the same number pool from 1 to 80 as Quick Draw, and assigns each of the 60 numbers not chosen in the Quick Draw drawing a prize value, which is shown as a color. One number is drawn as the winner, and you get the associated prize if you have this number as one of the eight on your ticket.
- Yellow: $5
- Purple: $10
- Green: $20
- Red: $50
Odds of Winning
Check the table below to see the chances of hitting each of the four prize tiers. The overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 13.33.
| Prize | Odds of Winning |
|---|---|
| $50 Money Dot | 1 in 400 |
| $20 Money Dot | 1 in 266.67 |
| $10 Money Dot | 1 in 88.89 |
| $5 Money Dot | 1 in 17.39 |
Claiming Prizes
For both Quick Draw and Money Dots, prizes up to and including $600 can be claimed from any New York Lottery retailer. For larger amounts, you must visit one of New York's Customer Service Centers.
All prizes over $5,000 are taxed at federal and state level. If you live in New York City or Yonkers, you will also have to pay a local tax on your winnings. Tax advisors can provide clarification regarding your own personal tax situation.