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Poor valueActiveBONUS 5X · $1 · New York Lottery
BONUS 5X: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.53 on average.
▼ -11.0 pts vs launch#11 of 14 · $1 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM
▼ -11.0 pts vs launch#11 of 14 · $1 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM
BONUS 5X is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 53.0%, down 11.0 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 1 of the original 12 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 88% of the 18.1M printed tickets have been sold.
53.0%
expected return
1 in 4.80
odds of any win
1 of 12
$5K top prizes left
88%
claimed · 15.9M of 18.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 454,740 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 74,682 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.53 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.53 · 52.8% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.00 · 0.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
454,739 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
88% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2024.
18.1M
tickets printed
15.9M
tickets claimed · 88%
2.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
8%
Tickets left
12%
8% of top prizes remain with 12% 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 $1 NY peers
#11 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM.
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