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Average valueActiveLights, Camera, Crossword$3 · $3 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Lights, Camera, Crossword$3: Average value. A $3 ticket pays back $2.11 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 6 · $3 PA gamesUpdated Jul 9, 2026, 12:15 AM
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 6 · $3 PA gamesUpdated Jul 9, 2026, 12:15 AM
Lights, Camera, Crossword$3 is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.3%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.3%. 9 of the original 10 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 6% of the 8.4M printed tickets have been sold.
70.3%
expected return
1 in 3.57
odds of any win
9 of 10
$30K top prizes left
6%
claimed · 493k of 8.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,217,090 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $3
$5 – $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 292,853 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.11 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $200
$2.07 · 69.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.04 · 1.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $200 wins
2,217,063 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
6% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
8.4M
tickets printed
493k
tickets claimed · 6%
7.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
90%
Tickets left
94%
90% of top prizes remain with 94% 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 $3 PA peers
#1 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Lights, Camera, Crossword$3
70.3%
2
Sales Ending Soon
67.7%
3
Bonus Ball Bingo$3
67.0%
4
Crossword Extra$3
66.3%
5
Sales Ending Soon
66.0%
6
Sales Ending Soon
63.7%
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 9, 2026, 12:15 AM.
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