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Decent valueActive$5,000,000 Lion’s Share$50 · $50 · Pennsylvania Lottery
$5,000,000 Lion’s Share$50: Decent value. A $50 ticket pays back $38.18 on average.
▼ -3.7 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $50 PA games
▼ -3.7 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $50 PA games
$5,000,000 Lion’s Share$50 is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.4%, down 3.7 percentage points from the launch value of 80.0%. 1 of the original 5 $5,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 70% of the 6.6M printed tickets have been sold.
76.4%
expected return
1 in 4.16
odds of any win
1 of 5
$5M jackpots left
70%
claimed · 4.6M of 6.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 476,521 winning tickets still unclaimed.
24 win more than $50
$75 – $450, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,217 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $38.18 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $75 – $450
$32.14 · 64.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $500K
$3.52 · 7.0% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$2.52 · 5.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
71.3%
Just 1 ticket out of 2M carry the $5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$75 – $450 wins
474,895 winning tickets remain in this range: 84% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
70% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
6.6M
tickets printed
4.6M
tickets claimed · 70%
2M
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
30%
20% of top prizes remain with 30% 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 $50 PA peers
#3 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Ca$h Money
80.1%
2
Million Dollar Win It All$50
79.8%
3
$5,000,000 Lion’s Share$50
76.4%
4
$1,000,000 a Year for Life$50
60.0%
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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