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Active$120,000,000 Payout$30 · $30 · Pennsylvania Lottery

$120,000,000 Payout$30: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $23.49 on average.

▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#6 of 10 · $30 PA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:15 PM

$120,000,000 Payout$30 is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.3%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 79.3%. 3 of the original 5 $2,500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 31% of the 5.4M printed tickets have been sold.

78.3%
expected return
1 in 3.09
odds of any win
3 of 5
$2.5M jackpots left
31%
claimed · 1.7M of 5.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 1,210,228 winning tickets still unclaimed.

20 win more than $30
$40 – $300, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
68 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 668 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map

Where the $23.49 comes from

The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.

Small wins $30 – $600
$20.09 · 67.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $250K
$1.40 · 4.7% of price
Jackpots $2.5M+
$2.00 · 6.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
71.6%
Just 3 tickets out of 3.7M carry the $2.5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $600 wins
1,208,357 winning tickets remain in this range: 86% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress

31% of the print run claimed

Counting every ticket since launch.

5.4M
tickets printed
1.7M
tickets claimed · 31%
3.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
60%
Tickets left
69%
60% of top prizes remain with 69% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Pennsylvania Lottery
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Rank vs $30 PA peers
#6 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
$3 Million Mega Moolah Multiplier$30
82.1%
2
Merry Money Match$30
81.5%
3
Triple Red 777$30
79.7%
4
The Hunt for $3,000,000$30
78.9%
5
Cash Spectacular$30
78.7%
6
$120,000,000 Payout$30
78.3%
7
$160 Million Cash Blowout$30
77.2%
8
Mega Bucks$30
77.1%
9
$3,000,000 Golden Ticket$30
75.1%
10
3s a Charm$30
71.7%
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 12:15 PM.
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