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Decent valueActiveFever Doubler$5 · $5 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Fever Doubler$5: Decent value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.73 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#9 of 19 · $5 PA gamesUpdated Jul 9, 2026, 12:15 AM
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#9 of 19 · $5 PA gamesUpdated Jul 9, 2026, 12:15 AM
Fever Doubler$5 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.6%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 74.4%. 4 of the original 5 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 23% of the 8.4M printed tickets have been sold.
74.6%
expected return
1 in 3.56
odds of any win
4 of 5
$250K top prizes left
23%
claimed · 2M of 8.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,808,563 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,197 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.73 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.51 · 70.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.22 · 4.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,808,417 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
23% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
8.4M
tickets printed
2M
tickets claimed · 23%
6.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
80%
Tickets left
77%
80% of top prizes remain with only 77% 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
#9 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 9, 2026, 12:15 AM.
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