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Decent valueActive$1,500,000 Super Star$30 · $30 · Pennsylvania Lottery
$1,500,000 Super Star$30: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $23.42 on average.
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#7 of 12 · $30 PA games
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#7 of 12 · $30 PA games
$1,500,000 Super Star$30 is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.1%, down 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 79.2%. 3 of the original 5 $1,500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 22% of the 4.8M printed tickets have been sold.
78.1%
expected return
1 in 3.00
odds of any win
3 of 5
$1.5M jackpots left
22%
claimed · 1.1M of 4.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,245,764 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $30
$40 – $300, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
67 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 865 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $23.42 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $600
$21.01 · 70.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $150K
$1.21 · 4.0% of price
Jackpots $1.5M+
$1.20 · 4.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
74.1%
Just 3 tickets out of 3.7M carry the $1.5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $600 wins
1,243,963 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
22% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
4.8M
tickets printed
1.1M
tickets claimed · 22%
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
78%
60% of top prizes remain with 78% 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 $30 PA peers
#7 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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