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Average valueActive$50, $100 or $500$10 · $10 · Pennsylvania Lottery
$50, $100 or $500$10: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.36 on average.
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#9 of 14 · $10 PA gamesUpdated Jul 31, 2026, 12:15 PM
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#9 of 14 · $10 PA gamesUpdated Jul 31, 2026, 12:15 PM
$50, $100 or $500$10 is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.6%, up 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 73.5%. 476 of the original 14,760 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 97% of the 10.8M printed tickets have been sold.
73.6%
expected return
1 in 9.12
odds of any win
476 of 14,760
$500 top prizes left
97%
claimed · 10.5M of 10.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 36,606 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $10
$50 or $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
89 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 691 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.36 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$7.36 · 73.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
36,606 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
97% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
10.8M
tickets printed
10.5M
tickets claimed · 97%
329k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
3%
Tickets left
3%
3% of top prizes remain with only 3% 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
#9 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 31, 2026, 12:15 PM.
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