BONUS 5X is one of the New York Lottery's $1 games. Our estimate for the $5,000 prize has slipped to about 1 in 2,122,459 per ticket, from 1 in 1,506,352 at launch. On average it pays back about $0.64 per $1, $0.02 more than the median $1 game in New York. Only 12% of its prizes are still unclaimed.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.5M at launch, about 1 in 2.1M now. The $5,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Prizes hit less often here, roughly 21% per ticket (1 in 4.80).
- Most of this game's prizes are gone.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | 1 in 1,504,938 | 12 | 1 | 8% |
| $500 | 1 in 29,317 | 616 | 26 | 4% |
| $100 | 1 in 12,000 | 1,505 | 104 | 7% |
| $50 | 1 in 2,417 | 7,473 | 480 | 6% |
| $25 | 1 in 250 | 72,283 | 5,971 | 8% |
| $15 | 1 in 250 | 72,216 | 5,205 | 7% |
| $10 | 1 in 125 | 144,428 | 12,644 | 9% |
| $5 | 1 in 63 | 288,944 | 27,519 | 10% |
| $2 | 1 in 10 | 1,733,613 | 196,536 | 11% |
| $1 | 1 in 13 | 1,444,790 | 193,693 | 13% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
The one $5,000 top prize left on March 6, when our records for it began, is still unclaimed.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for New York's $1 games (0.8% a week).
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- New York
- Game Number
- 1638
- Ticket Price
- $1
- Start Date
- 12/3/2024
- Payout %
- 64.1%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/9/2026
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All 15 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOOSE CHANGE | 56 | 1 in 4.70 | 64.3% | $500 · 1,319 | 1.6% |
| MONEY BAGS | 37 | 1 in 4.89 | 62.0% | $5K · 7 | 3.8% |
| LUCKY 7s | 37 | 1 in 4.96 | 63.2% | $7K · 15 | 1.6% |
| INSTANT TAKE 5 (Game #1680) | 29 | 1 in 4.69 | 62.0% | $6K · 52 | 1.2% |
| BONUS 5X (this game) | 26 | 1 in 4.80 | 64.1% | $5K · 1 | 0.0% |
| LUCKY 7'S | 21 | 1 in 4.96 | 63.8% | $7K · 2 | 0.1% |
| LOOSE CHANGE (Game #1618) | 19 | 1 in 4.70 | 64.2% | $500 · 54 | 0.0% |
| LOOSE CHANGE (Game #1552) | 18 | 1 in 4.70 | 64.2% | $500 · 54 | 0.0% |
| 10Xtra | 17 | 1 in 4.80 | 62.9% | $5K · 0 | 0.1% |
| 7-11-21 TRIPLER | 17 | 1 in 4.54 | 62.1% | $2K · 6 | 1.5% |
Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.