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Weak valueActive$1,000,000 BONUS CASHWORD · $10 · New York Lottery
$1,000,000 BONUS CASHWORD: Weak value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.49 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#9 of 12 · $10 NY gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:31 PM
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#9 of 12 · $10 NY gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:31 PM
$1,000,000 BONUS CASHWORD is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.9%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 64.9%. 1 of the original 4 $50K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 87% of the 18.3M printed tickets have been sold.
64.9%
expected return
1 in 4.32
odds of any win
1 of 4
$1M jackpots left
87%
claimed · 16M of 18.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 541,100 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,195 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.49 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$5.82 · 58.2% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $5K
$0.24 · 2.4% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.43 · 4.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
60.6%
Just 1 ticket out of 2.3M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
540,886 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
87% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
18.3M
tickets printed
16M
tickets claimed · 87%
2.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
13%
25% of top prizes remain with only 13% 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
#9 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:31 PM.
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