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Poor valueActive$500 a Week for Life$1 · $1 · Pennsylvania Lottery
$500 a Week for Life$1: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.52 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#7 of 7 · $1 PA gamesUpdated Jul 31, 2026, 12:15 PM
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#7 of 7 · $1 PA gamesUpdated Jul 31, 2026, 12:15 PM
$500 a Week for Life$1 is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 52.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 52.0%. 4 of the original 10 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 71% of the 10.8M printed tickets have been sold.
52.0%
expected return
1 in 4.77
odds of any win
4 of 10
$1K top prizes left
71%
claimed · 7.7M of 10.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 654,108 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 624,713 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.52 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.52 · 51.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.00 · 0.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
654,104 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
71% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
10.8M
tickets printed
7.7M
tickets claimed · 71%
3.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
29%
40% of top prizes remain with only 29% 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 $1 PA peers
#7 of 7
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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