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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 $38.35 on average.
▼ -3.3 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $50 PA games
▼ -3.3 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 76.7%, down 3.3 percentage points from the launch value of 80.0%. 1 of the original 5 $5,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 72% of the 6.6M printed tickets have been sold.
76.7%
expected return
1 in 4.16
odds of any win
1 of 5
$5M jackpots left
72%
claimed · 4.7M of 6.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 451,554 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 $38.35 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $75 – $450
$32.13 · 64.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $500K
$3.55 · 7.1% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$2.66 · 5.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
71.4%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.9M 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
450,013 winning tickets remain in this range: 84% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
72% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
6.6M
tickets printed
4.7M
tickets claimed · 72%
1.9M
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
28%
20% of top prizes remain with 28% 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$50
80.5%
2
Million Dollar Win It All$50
80.0%
3
$5,000,000 Lion’s Share$50
76.7%
4
$1,000,000 a Year for Life$50
60.0%
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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