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Decent valueActive$3,000,000 Golden Ticket$30 · $30 · Pennsylvania Lottery
$3,000,000 Golden Ticket$30: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $22.68 on average.
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#10 of 11 · $30 PA gamesUpdated Jul 31, 2026, 12:16 PM
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#10 of 11 · $30 PA gamesUpdated Jul 31, 2026, 12:16 PM
$3,000,000 Golden Ticket$30 is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.6%, down 1.8 percentage points from the launch value of 77.4%. 1 of the original 5 $3,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 74% of the 5.4M printed tickets have been sold.
75.6%
expected return
1 in 3.17
odds of any win
1 of 5
$3M jackpots left
74%
claimed · 4M of 5.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 453,096 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $30
$40 – $300, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 145 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $22.68 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $600
$18.21 · 60.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $300K
$2.38 · 7.9% of price
Jackpots $3M+
$2.09 · 7.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.6%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.4M carry the $3M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $600 wins
451,657 winning tickets remain in this range: 80% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
74% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
5.4M
tickets printed
4M
tickets claimed · 74%
1.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
26%
20% of top prizes remain with 26% 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
#10 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 31, 2026, 12:16 PM.
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