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Average valueActiveMoney Rush$2 · $2 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Money Rush$2: Average value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.40 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#5 of 10 · $2 PA games
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#5 of 10 · $2 PA games
Money Rush$2 is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.0%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 70.5%. 11 of the original 40 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 70% of the 7.2M printed tickets have been sold.
70.0%
expected return
1 in 3.54
odds of any win
11 of 40
$5K top prizes left
70%
claimed · 5.1M of 7.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 605,344 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 51,101 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.40 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.37 · 68.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $5K
$0.03 · 1.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
605,322 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
70% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
7.2M
tickets printed
5.1M
tickets claimed · 70%
2.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
28%
Tickets left
30%
28% of top prizes remain with 30% 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 $2 PA peers
#5 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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