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Average valueActive$3,000,000 BONUS STARS · $10 · New York Lottery
$3,000,000 BONUS STARS: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.37 on average.
▲ +0.9 pts vs launch#3 of 14 · $10 NY games
▲ +0.9 pts vs launch#3 of 14 · $10 NY games
$3,000,000 BONUS STARS is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.7%, up 0.9 percentage points from the launch value of 72.8%. 2 of the original 3 $250K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 42% of the 17.6M printed tickets have been sold.
73.7%
expected return
1 in 3.99
odds of any win
2 of 3
$5M jackpots left
42%
claimed · 7.3M of 17.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,579,443 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 759 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.37 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.40 · 64.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $5K
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$0.97 · 9.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
64.0%
Just 2 tickets out of 10.3M carry the $5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
2,579,429 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
42% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
17.6M
tickets printed
7.3M
tickets claimed · 42%
10.3M
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
58%
67% of top prizes remain with only 58% 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
#3 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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