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Weak valueActive50Xtra · $5 · New York Lottery
50Xtra: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.17 on average.
▼ -3.4 pts vs launch#11 of 14 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:31 PM
▼ -3.4 pts vs launch#11 of 14 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:31 PM
50Xtra is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.4%, down 3.4 percentage points from the launch value of 66.8%. 1 of the original 4 $50K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 58% of the 14.2M printed tickets have been sold.
63.4%
expected return
1 in 4.12
odds of any win
1 of 4
$1M jackpots left
58%
claimed · 8.2M of 14.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,459,680 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 6,286 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.17 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.00 · 60.1% of price
Mid prizes $3K
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.17 · 3.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
60.1%
Just 1 ticket out of 6M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,459,676 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
58% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
14.2M
tickets printed
8.2M
tickets claimed · 58%
6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
42%
25% of top prizes remain with 42% 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 $5 NY peers
#11 of 14
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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