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Poor valueActive$20,000 a Month for Life$10 · $10 · Pennsylvania Lottery
$20,000 a Month for Life$10: Poor value. A $10 ticket pays back $5.90 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#13 of 13 · $10 PA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:15 PM
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#13 of 13 · $10 PA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:15 PM
$20,000 a Month for Life$10 is a $10 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%. 14 of the original 24 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 43% of the 10.8M printed tickets have been sold.
59.0%
expected return
1 in 3.60
odds of any win
14 of 24
$10K top prizes left
43%
claimed · 4.6M of 10.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,723,551 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 707 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $5.90 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$5.80 · 58.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.10 · 1.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
1,723,056 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
43% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
10.8M
tickets printed
4.6M
tickets claimed · 43%
6.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
58%
Tickets left
57%
58% of top prizes remain with only 57% 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 $10 PA peers
#13 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 12:15 PM.
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