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Average valueActiveBONUS 50X · $10 · New York Lottery
BONUS 50X: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.02 on average.
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#4 of 13 · $10 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#4 of 13 · $10 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
BONUS 50X is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.2%, down 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 71.4%. 1 of the original 4 $150K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 75% of the 22.5M printed tickets have been sold.
70.2%
expected return
1 in 3.92
odds of any win
1 of 4
$3M jackpots left
75%
claimed · 16.8M of 22.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,445,014 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,823 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.02 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.48 · 64.8% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $10K
$0.01 · 0.1% of price
Jackpots $3M+
$0.53 · 5.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
64.9%
Just 1 ticket out of 5.6M carry the $3M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
1,445,004 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
75% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2025.
22.5M
tickets printed
16.8M
tickets claimed · 75%
5.6M
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
25%
25% of top prizes remain with 25% 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
#4 of 13
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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