Single Ticket:
Cost: $1
Chances of at least breaking even:
24.3% (~4.1 to 1)
Optimal Chances:
Buying 2 tickets
Cost: $2
Chances of at least breaking even:
25.4% (~3.9 to 1)
Median Prizes
(half the time prizes will be less than this amount, half the time it will be more)
10 tickets ($10): $5
100 tickets ($100): $56
1,000 tickets ($1,000): $586
**Since only a finite number of scratch tickets were printed, overall odds used and number of winners may vary based on manufacturer's omissions, unsold tickets, reorders and unclaimed prizes.
GRAPHS:
(up to 10 tickets, 100 and 1,000)
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