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Active3s a Charm$30 · $30 · Pennsylvania Lottery

3s a Charm$30: Average value. A $30 ticket pays back $21.51 on average.

▼ -5.8 pts vs launch#10 of 10 · $30 PA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:16 PM

3s a Charm$30 is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.7%, down 5.8 percentage points from the launch value of 77.5%. 1 of the original 5 $3,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 52% of the 5.4M printed tickets have been sold.

71.7%
expected return
1 in 3.44
odds of any win
1 of 5
$3M jackpots left
52%
claimed · 2.8M of 5.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 761,848 winning tickets still unclaimed.

13 win more than $30
$40 – $300, an actual profit
16 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 505 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map

Where the $21.51 comes from

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

Small wins $30 – $900
$19.09 · 63.6% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $300K
$1.27 · 4.2% of price
Jackpots $3M+
$1.14 · 3.8% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
67.9%
Just 1 ticket out of 2.6M carry the $3M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $900 wins
760,809 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress

52% of the print run claimed

Counting every ticket since launch.

5.4M
tickets printed
2.8M
tickets claimed · 52%
2.6M
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
48%
20% of top prizes remain with 48% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
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Rank vs $30 PA peers
#10 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, 12:16 PM.
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