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Strong valueActiveFro$ted Fortune$20 · $20 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Fro$ted Fortune$20: Strong value. A $20 ticket pays back $16.17 on average.
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#2 of 8 · $20 PA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:15 PM
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#2 of 8 · $20 PA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:15 PM
Fro$ted Fortune$20 is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.9%, up 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 80.4%. 1 of the original 10 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 80% of the 4.8M printed tickets have been sold.
80.9%
expected return
1 in 3.42
odds of any win
1 of 10
$500K top prizes left
80%
claimed · 3.8M of 4.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 281,563 winning tickets still unclaimed.
29 win more than $20
$30 or $50 or $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 110 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $16.17 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$15.51 · 77.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $500K
$0.66 · 3.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
281,462 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
80% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
4.8M
tickets printed
3.8M
tickets claimed · 80%
957k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
10%
Tickets left
20%
10% of top prizes remain with 20% 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 $20 PA peers
#2 of 8
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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