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Strong valueActiveCa$h Money$50 · $50 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Ca$h Money$50: Strong value. A $50 ticket pays back $40.13 on average.
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#1 of 4 · $50 PA games
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#1 of 4 · $50 PA games
Ca$h Money$50 is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.3%, up 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 80.1%. 5 of the original 5 $4,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 2% of the 5.4M printed tickets have been sold.
80.3%
expected return
1 in 3.63
odds of any win
5 of 5
$4M jackpots left
2%
claimed · 100k of 5.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,458,276 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 $40.13 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $75 – $500
$35.42 · 70.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.94 · 1.9% of price
Jackpots $4M+
$3.77 · 7.5% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
72.7%
Just 5 tickets out of 5.3M 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
1,456,477 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
2% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
5.4M
tickets printed
100k
tickets claimed · 2%
5.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
98%
100% of top prizes remain with only 98% 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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