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Weak valueActiveBonus Ball Bingo$3 · $3 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Bonus Ball Bingo$3: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $2.00 on average.
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#3 of 6 · $3 PA gamesUpdated Jul 31, 2026, 12:16 PM
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#3 of 6 · $3 PA gamesUpdated Jul 31, 2026, 12:16 PM
Bonus Ball Bingo$3 is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.7%, up 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 66.3%. 6 of the original 10 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 51% of the 8.4M printed tickets have been sold.
66.7%
expected return
1 in 4.38
odds of any win
6 of 10
$50K top prizes left
51%
claimed · 4.3M of 8.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 940,632 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $3
$5 – $300, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 72,391 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.00 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $300
$1.91 · 63.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.09 · 3.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $300 wins
940,575 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
51% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
8.4M
tickets printed
4.3M
tickets claimed · 51%
4.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
60%
Tickets left
49%
60% of top prizes remain with only 49% 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 $3 PA peers
#3 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 31, 2026, 12:16 PM.
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