Single Ticket:
Cost: $10
Chances of at least breaking even:
27.2% (~3.7 to 1)
Optimal Chances:
Buying 1 ticket(s)
Cost: $10
Chances of at least breaking even:
27.2% (~3.7 to 1)
Median Prizes
(half the time prizes will be less than this amount, half the time it will be more)
10 tickets ($100): $40
100 tickets ($1,000): $510
1,000 tickets ($10,000): $5430
**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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