What is the expected value of $500 a Week for Life$1?

As of the latest tracked snapshot, the expected value of $500 a Week for Life$1 is 52.0%, meaning the average ticket returns about $0.52 in prizes against its $1 cost.

Is $500 a Week for Life$1 retired?

No, $500 a Week for Life$1 is still active and being sold by the Pennsylvania state lottery as of the latest tracked snapshot.

$500 a Week for Life$1 ($1) - Odds & Remaining Prizes - Pennsylvania Lottery

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Active$500 a Week for Life$1 · $1 · Pennsylvania Lottery

▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $1 PA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 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 62% 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

62%

claimed · 6.7M of 10.8M printed

Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 850,985 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 677,111 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

850,981 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.

Claim progress

62% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there

Counting every ticket since launch.

10.8M

tickets printed

6.7M

tickets claimed · 62%

4.1M

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

38%

40% of top prizes remain with only 38% of tickets left to claim them.

Where to buy

Pennsylvania Lottery

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Rank vs $1 PA peers

#6 of 6

By expected return. Higher is better for the player.

5 Star Wins$1

65.0%

Available as Online Game

$500 a Week for Life$1

52.0%

Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 12:15 PM.

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$500 a Week for Life$1: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.52 on average.

If you bought 100 tickets today

Where the $0.52 comes from

62% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there