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Average valueActiveSales Ending Soon · $5 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Sales Ending Soon: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.48 on average.
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#18 of 19 · $5 PA gamesUpdated Jul 25, 2026, 12:16 AM
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#18 of 19 · $5 PA gamesUpdated Jul 25, 2026, 12:16 AM
Sales Ending Soon is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.6%, down 1.8 percentage points from the launch value of 71.4%. 1 of the original 10 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 78% of the 12.0M printed tickets have been sold.
69.6%
expected return
1 in 4.45
odds of any win
1 of 10
$200K top prizes left
78%
claimed · 9.4M of 12M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 586,319 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $150, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 5,019 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.48 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.40 · 67.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.08 · 1.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
586,302 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
78% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
12M
tickets printed
9.4M
tickets claimed · 78%
2.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
10%
Tickets left
22%
10% of top prizes remain with 22% 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
#18 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 25, 2026, 12:16 AM.
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