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Poor valueActiveXTREME BUCKS · $2 · New York Lottery
XTREME BUCKS: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.11 on average.
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#11 of 13 · $2 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:30 PM
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#11 of 13 · $2 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:30 PM
XTREME BUCKS is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 55.5%, down 7.0 percentage points from the launch value of 62.5%. 1 of the original 10 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 90% of the 17.2M printed tickets have been sold.
55.5%
expected return
1 in 4.79
odds of any win
1 of 10
$25K top prizes left
90%
claimed · 15.6M of 17.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 348,298 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$4 – $250, an actual profit
9 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 842,713 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.11 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $250
$1.09 · 54.7% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $25K
$0.02 · 0.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $250 wins
348,296 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
90% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2024.
17.2M
tickets printed
15.6M
tickets claimed · 90%
1.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
10%
Tickets left
10%
10% of top prizes remain with only 10% 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
#11 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 6:30 PM.
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