Single Ticket:
Cost: $1
Chances of at least breaking even:
11.4% (~8.7 to 1)
Note: While technically the the free ticket is a breakeven prize as they are both worth the same amount, they are not equal as you can not exchange the free ticket for a cash amount and walk away break-even. You are forced to continue playing the free ticket (and possibly again and again...) until you either lose or win a prize. More likely than not you will lose. This drops your chances of at least breaking even from the stated amount on the website to the odds calculated above.
Optimal Chances:
Buying 6 ticket(s)
Cost: $6
Chances of at least breaking even:
23.2% (~4.3 to 1)
Median Prizes
(half the time prizes will be less than this amount, half the time it will be more)
10 tickets ($10): $3
100 tickets ($100): $49
1,000 tickets ($1,000): $524
**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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