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ActiveMega Bucks$30 · $30 · Pennsylvania Lottery

Mega Bucks$30: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $23.13 on average.

▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#8 of 10 · $30 PA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:16 PM

Mega Bucks$30 is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 77.1%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 77.5%. 2 of the original 5 $3,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 58% of the 7.2M printed tickets have been sold.

77.1%
expected return
1 in 3.12
odds of any win
2 of 5
$3M jackpots left
58%
claimed · 4.2M of 7.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 975,721 winning tickets still unclaimed.

20 win more than $30
$40 – $300, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 227 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map

Where the $23.13 comes from

The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.

Small wins $30 – $500
$18.15 · 60.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $300K
$3.01 · 10.0% of price
Jackpots $3M+
$1.97 · 6.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.5%
Just 2 tickets out of 3M carry the $3M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
969,987 winning tickets remain in this range: 78% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress

58% of the print run claimed

Counting every ticket since launch.

7.2M
tickets printed
4.2M
tickets claimed · 58%
3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
42%
40% of top prizes remain with 42% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Pennsylvania Lottery
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Rank vs $30 PA peers
#8 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
$3 Million Mega Moolah Multiplier$30
82.1%
2
Merry Money Match$30
81.5%
3
Triple Red 777$30
79.7%
4
The Hunt for $3,000,000$30
78.9%
5
Cash Spectacular$30
78.7%
6
$120,000,000 Payout$30
78.3%
7
$160 Million Cash Blowout$30
77.2%
8
Mega Bucks$30
77.1%
9
$3,000,000 Golden Ticket$30
75.1%
10
3s a Charm$30
71.7%
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 12:16 PM.
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