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Average valueActive$3,000,000 BONUS STARS · $10 · New York Lottery
$3,000,000 BONUS STARS: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.92 on average.
▼ -3.6 pts vs launch#8 of 14 · $10 NY games
▼ -3.6 pts vs launch#8 of 14 · $10 NY games
$3,000,000 BONUS STARS is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.2%, down 3.6 percentage points from the launch value of 72.8%. 1 of the original 3 $250K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 46% of the 17.6M printed tickets have been sold.
69.2%
expected return
1 in 3.99
odds of any win
1 of 3
$5M jackpots left
46%
claimed · 8.1M of 17.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,391,149 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 758 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.92 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.39 · 63.9% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $5K
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$0.52 · 5.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
64.0%
Just 1 ticket out of 9.6M carry the $5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
2,391,138 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
46% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
17.6M
tickets printed
8.1M
tickets claimed · 46%
9.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
54%
33% of top prizes remain with 54% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
New York Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $10 NY peers
#8 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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