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Poor valueActive$10,000 a Month for Life$5 · $5 · Pennsylvania Lottery
$10,000 a Month for Life$5: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.94 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#21 of 21 · $5 PA games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#21 of 21 · $5 PA games
$10,000 a Month for Life$5 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.8%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 59.0%. 10 of the original 40 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 75% of the 10.8M printed tickets have been sold.
58.8%
expected return
1 in 4.07
odds of any win
10 of 40
$5K top prizes left
75%
claimed · 8.1M of 10.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 662,702 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,901 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.94 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.84 · 56.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $5K
$0.10 · 2.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
662,459 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
75% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
10.8M
tickets printed
8.1M
tickets claimed · 75%
2.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
25%
25% of top prizes remain with only 25% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Pennsylvania Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $5 PA peers
#21 of 21
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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