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Average valueActiveBONUS BUCKS · $10 · New York Lottery
BONUS BUCKS: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.95 on average.
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#5 of 13 · $10 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#5 of 13 · $10 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
BONUS BUCKS is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.5%, up 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 69.4%. 2 of the original 3 $150K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 35% of the 17.7M printed tickets have been sold.
69.5%
expected return
1 in 3.86
odds of any win
2 of 3
$3M jackpots left
35%
claimed · 6.3M of 17.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,966,096 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
11 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 1,206 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.95 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.42 · 64.2% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $5K
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Jackpots $3M+
$0.52 · 5.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
64.3%
Just 2 tickets out of 11.4M 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
2,966,078 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
35% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
17.7M
tickets printed
6.3M
tickets claimed · 35%
11.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
65%
67% of top prizes remain with only 65% 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
#5 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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