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Average valueActiveBONUS 50X · $10 · New York Lottery
BONUS 50X: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.09 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#4 of 14 · $10 NY games
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#4 of 14 · $10 NY games
BONUS 50X is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.9%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 71.4%. 1 of the original 4 $150K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 78% of the 22.5M printed tickets have been sold.
70.9%
expected return
1 in 3.92
odds of any win
1 of 4
$3M jackpots left
78%
claimed · 17.6M of 22.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,239,199 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,844 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.09 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.46 · 64.6% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $10K
$0.01 · 0.1% of price
Jackpots $3M+
$0.62 · 6.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
64.7%
Just 1 ticket out of 4.8M carry the $3M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
1,239,191 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
78% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2025.
22.5M
tickets printed
17.6M
tickets claimed · 78%
4.8M
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
22%
25% of top prizes remain with only 22% 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
#4 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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