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Weak valueActive50Xtra · $5 · New York Lottery
50Xtra: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.21 on average.
▼ -2.6 pts vs launch#9 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
▼ -2.6 pts vs launch#9 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
50Xtra is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.2%, down 2.6 percentage points from the launch value of 66.8%. 1 of the original 4 $50K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 70% of the 14.2M printed tickets have been sold.
64.2%
expected return
1 in 4.12
odds of any win
1 of 4
$1M jackpots left
70%
claimed · 9.9M of 14.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,043,487 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 6,648 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.21 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.98 · 59.5% of price
Mid prizes $3K
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.23 · 4.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
59.5%
Just 1 ticket out of 4.3M 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
1,043,485 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
70% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
14.2M
tickets printed
9.9M
tickets claimed · 70%
4.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
30%
25% of top prizes remain with 30% 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
#9 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM.
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