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Average valueActive$50 OR $100 · $10 · New York Lottery
$50 OR $100: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.00 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#5 of 14 · $10 NY games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#5 of 14 · $10 NY games
$50 OR $100 is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 133,753 of the original 173,062 $100 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 23% of the 11.5M printed tickets have been sold.
70.0%
expected return
1 in 8.00
odds of any win
133,753 of 173,062
$100 top prizes left
23%
claimed · 2.6M of 11.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,115,986 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $10
$50 or $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
87 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Value map
Where the $7.00 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $100
$7.00 · 70.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $100 wins
1,115,986 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
23% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
11.5M
tickets printed
2.6M
tickets claimed · 23%
8.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
77%
Tickets left
77%
77% of top prizes remain with 77% 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
#5 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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