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Weak valueActive$1,000,000 50X CASHWORD · $10 · New York Lottery
$1,000,000 50X CASHWORD: Weak value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.45 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#12 of 14 · $10 NY games
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#12 of 14 · $10 NY games
$1,000,000 50X CASHWORD is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.5%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 3 of the original 4 $50K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 7% of the 18.3M printed tickets have been sold.
64.5%
expected return
1 in 4.32
odds of any win
3 of 4
$1M jackpots left
7%
claimed · 1.3M of 18.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,947,236 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
10 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 1,188 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.45 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.04 · 60.4% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $5K
$0.24 · 2.4% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.18 · 1.8% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
62.7%
Just 3 tickets out of 17M 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
3,945,688 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
7% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
18.3M
tickets printed
1.3M
tickets claimed · 7%
17M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
93%
75% of top prizes remain with 93% 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
#12 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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