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Prize Density

Remaining prizes per estimated unsold ticket; higher is better.

Full Definition

Prize density is the cleanest single signal of "is this game worth playing right now". ScratchOffsNY computes density per tier (top, mid, low) and uses Bayesian smoothing to handle low-count noise.

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