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Decent valueActiveGUS®$5 · $5 · Pennsylvania Lottery
GUS®$5: Decent value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.75 on average.
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#8 of 19 · $5 PA gamesUpdated Jul 18, 2026, 6:15 AM
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#8 of 19 · $5 PA gamesUpdated Jul 18, 2026, 6:15 AM
GUS®$5 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.0%, up 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 74.4%. 11 of the original 20 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 50% of the 8.4M printed tickets have been sold.
75.0%
expected return
1 in 3.76
odds of any win
11 of 20
$100K top prizes left
50%
claimed · 4.2M of 8.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,124,494 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 21,684 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.75 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.47 · 69.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.28 · 5.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,124,465 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
50% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
8.4M
tickets printed
4.2M
tickets claimed · 50%
4.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
55%
Tickets left
50%
55% of top prizes remain with only 50% 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
#8 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 18, 2026, 6:15 AM.
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