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Average valueActiveAvailable as Online Game · $5 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Available as Online Game: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.61 on average.
▲ +2.2 pts vs launch#15 of 21 · $5 PA games
▲ +2.2 pts vs launch#15 of 21 · $5 PA games
Available as Online Game is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.2%, up 2.2 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 4 of the original 10 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 81% of the 14.4M printed tickets have been sold.
72.2%
expected return
1 in 4.59
odds of any win
4 of 10
$200K top prizes left
81%
claimed · 11.7M of 14.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 662,652 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $400, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,673 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.61 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.29 · 65.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.32 · 6.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
662,531 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
81% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
14.4M
tickets printed
11.7M
tickets claimed · 81%
2.7M
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
19%
40% of top prizes remain with only 19% 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 $5 PA peers
#15 of 21
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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