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Weak valueActiveSales Ending Soon · $3 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Sales Ending Soon: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.91 on average.
▼ -6.0 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $3 PA gamesUpdated May 13, 2026, 12:15 PM
▼ -6.0 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $3 PA gamesUpdated May 13, 2026, 12:15 PM
Sales Ending Soon is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.7%, down 6.0 percentage points from the launch value of 69.7%. 0 of the original 5 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 0% of the 4.8M printed tickets have been sold.
63.7%
expected return
1 in 3.66
odds of any win
0 of 5
$30K top prizes left
0%
claimed · 18k of 4.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,306,149 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $3
$5 – $250, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 113,852 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.91 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.91 · 63.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.00 · 0.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
1,306,137 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
0% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
4.8M
tickets printed
18k
tickets claimed · 0%
4.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
100%
0% of top prizes remain with 100% 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
#6 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data, updated May 13, 2026, 12:15 PM.
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