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Decent valueActiveGUS®$5 · $5 · Pennsylvania Lottery
GUS®$5: Decent value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.70 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#12 of 20 · $5 PA games
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#12 of 20 · $5 PA games
GUS®$5 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.0%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 74.4%. 7 of the original 20 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 62% of the 8.4M printed tickets have been sold.
74.0%
expected return
1 in 3.76
odds of any win
7 of 20
$100K top prizes left
62%
claimed · 5.2M of 8.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 843,996 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 21,018 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.70 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.47 · 69.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.23 · 4.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
843,977 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
62% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
8.4M
tickets printed
5.2M
tickets claimed · 62%
3.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
35%
Tickets left
38%
35% of top prizes remain with 38% 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
#12 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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