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Weak valueActive50Xtra · $5 · New York Lottery
50Xtra: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.30 on average.
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#8 of 16 · $5 NY games
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#8 of 16 · $5 NY games
50Xtra is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.0%, down 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 66.8%. 1 of the original 4 $50K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 81% of the 14.2M printed tickets have been sold.
66.0%
expected return
1 in 4.12
odds of any win
1 of 4
$1M jackpots left
81%
claimed · 11.5M of 14.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 640,530 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 6,586 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.30 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.92 · 58.4% of price
Mid prizes $3K
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.38 · 7.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
58.4%
Just 1 ticket out of 2.6M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
640,529 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
81% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
14.2M
tickets printed
11.5M
tickets claimed · 81%
2.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
19%
25% of top prizes remain with only 19% 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 $5 NY peers
#8 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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