The New York Lottery is pairing three holiday scratch-off games with Season of Surprises, an interactive second-chance promotion running November 3, 2026, through January 17, 2027.
The eligible lineup comprises the $2 FESTIVE $100, $5 FESTIVE $500 and $10 FESTIVE $5,000 tickets. Their top prizes are $100, $500 and $5,000, respectively, according to the Lottery’s game pages.
NYL+ members can scan eligible non-winning tickets through the Official New York Lottery App or enter ticket numbers on the Lottery website. Each qualifying ticket unlocks one play of a 20-second mini-game, in which players unwrap falling presents and then choose one mystery present to reveal their reward.
Rewards include $10, $20, $50 and $100 digital gift cards or entries into a January 20, 2027, drawing for three $20,000 cash prizes. The official guidelines set the entry deadline at 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern on January 17 and limit each account to $100 in eligible ticket purchase value entered per day. Entrants must be at least 18, and each ticket may be used only once.