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Decent valueActiveCash Spectacular$30 · $30 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Cash Spectacular$30: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $23.61 on average.
▲ +1.2 pts vs launch#5 of 10 · $30 PA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:15 PM
▲ +1.2 pts vs launch#5 of 10 · $30 PA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:15 PM
Cash Spectacular$30 is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.7%, up 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 77.5%. 6 of the original 10 $1,500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 46% of the 4.8M printed tickets have been sold.
78.7%
expected return
1 in 3.57
odds of any win
6 of 10
$1.5M jackpots left
46%
claimed · 2.2M of 4.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 729,356 winning tickets still unclaimed.
28 win more than $30
$40 – $300, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 527 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $23.61 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $40 – $500
$19.03 · 63.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $150K
$1.13 · 3.8% of price
Jackpots $1.5M+
$3.46 · 11.5% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
67.2%
Just 6 tickets out of 2.6M carry the $1.5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$40 – $500 wins
727,219 winning tickets remain in this range: 81% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
46% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
4.8M
tickets printed
2.2M
tickets claimed · 46%
2.6M
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
54%
60% of top prizes remain with only 54% 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 $30 PA peers
#5 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 12:15 PM.
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