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Average valueActiveAvailable as Fast Play · $2 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Available as Fast Play: Average value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.41 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#5 of 10 · $2 PA games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#5 of 10 · $2 PA games
Available as Fast Play is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.5%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.5%. 9 of the original 10 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 13% of the 5.4M printed tickets have been sold.
70.5%
expected return
1 in 4.05
odds of any win
9 of 10
$25K top prizes left
13%
claimed · 706k of 5.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,158,203 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $2
$4 – $400, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 156,465 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.41 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $400
$1.36 · 67.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $25K
$0.05 · 2.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $400 wins
1,158,173 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
13% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
5.4M
tickets printed
706k
tickets claimed · 13%
4.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
90%
Tickets left
87%
90% of top prizes remain with only 87% 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 $2 PA peers
#5 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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