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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 $2.95 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#19 of 19 · $5 PA gamesUpdated Jul 31, 2026, 12:15 PM
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#19 of 19 · $5 PA gamesUpdated Jul 31, 2026, 12:15 PM
$10,000 a Month for Life$5 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 59.0%. 13 of the original 40 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 69% of the 10.8M printed tickets have been sold.
59.0%
expected return
1 in 4.07
odds of any win
13 of 40
$5K top prizes left
69%
claimed · 7.4M of 10.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 836,950 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 1,876 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.95 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.84 · 56.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $5K
$0.11 · 2.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
836,640 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
69% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
10.8M
tickets printed
7.4M
tickets claimed · 69%
3.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
31%
33% of top prizes remain with only 31% 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
#19 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 31, 2026, 12:15 PM.
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