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Strong valueActiveCa$h Money · $50 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Ca$h Money: Strong value. A $50 ticket pays back $40.06 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 4 · $50 PA games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 4 · $50 PA games
Ca$h Money is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.1%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 80.1%. 5 of the original 5 $4,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed.
80.1%
expected return
1 in 3.63
odds of any win
5 of 5
$4M jackpots left
0%
claimed · 0 of 5.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,485,900 winning tickets still unclaimed.
26 win more than $50
$75 – $250, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 90 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $40.06 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $75 – $500
$35.41 · 70.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.94 · 1.9% of price
Jackpots $4M+
$3.70 · 7.4% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
72.7%
Just 5 tickets out of 5.4M carry the $4M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$75 – $500 wins
1,484,100 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
0% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
5.4M
tickets printed
0
tickets claimed · 0%
5.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
100%
100% of top prizes remain with 100% 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 $50 PA peers
#1 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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