Lotto Scratch-off tickets?

Question

The NY Lotto web page lists the status of all scratch tickets .

It states which tickets no longer have top prizes and also which tickets have "expired". What do they mean by expired? I see they are still being sold in stores. Does that mean there are no more winning tickets out there? Or if there is a winning ticket - too bad "it expired" and will not be paid?? What do they mean??

Answer 1

Expired means that those tickets are no longer in circulation or will no longer be produced.  For most scratch-off tickets, you have a certain amount of time that a winning ticket will be honored. After that, you are just out of luck.  For most states, you have about 1 - 2 years to collect on a winner.

Answer 2

It means that they will no longer pay the winning amount on those tickets. They should not still be selling them in stores.