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Weak valueActiveBONUS BLACKJACK · $2 · New York Lottery
BONUS BLACKJACK: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.24 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#3 of 13 · $2 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:32 PM
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#3 of 13 · $2 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:32 PM
BONUS BLACKJACK is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.0%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 62.5%. 7 of the original 10 $21,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 27% of the 9.7M printed tickets have been sold.
62.0%
expected return
1 in 4.89
odds of any win
7 of 10
$21K top prizes left
27%
claimed · 2.6M of 9.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,446,512 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 393,102 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.24 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $200
$1.22 · 60.8% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $21K
$0.02 · 1.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $200 wins
1,446,494 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
27% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
9.7M
tickets printed
2.6M
tickets claimed · 27%
7.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
70%
Tickets left
73%
70% of top prizes remain with 73% 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 $2 NY peers
#3 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 6:32 PM.
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