Single Ticket:
Cost: $2
Chances of at least breaking even:
19.7% (~5.1 to 1)
Optimal Chances:
Buying 5 ticket(s)
Cost: $10
Chances of at least breaking even:
26.4% (~3.8 to 1)
Median Prizes
(half the time prizes will be less than this amount, half the time it will be more)
10 tickets ($20): $10
100 tickets ($200): $122
1,000 tickets ($2,000): $1266
**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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Where can I get the number of tickets issued per game as well as the initial number of prizes? (well, I guess that I can figure by knowing the odds and the total number)
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