Average days between a winning ticket being sold and being claimed.
Used to correct for unredeemed top prizes when computing density. Without a claim-lag adjustment, recently-sold winners would be miscounted as still-available, biasing Smart Score upward for new games.
Data sourced from nylottery.ny.gov and NY Open Data. Independent, non-commercial project. Play responsibly — NY Problem Gambling · 1-877-8-HOPENY.