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Strong valueActiveSales Ending Soon · $5 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Sales Ending Soon: Strong value. A $5 ticket pays back $4.16 on average.
▲ +11.6 pts vs launch#2 of 20 · $5 PA games
▲ +11.6 pts vs launch#2 of 20 · $5 PA games
Sales Ending Soon is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 83.2%, up 11.6 percentage points from the launch value of 71.6%. 2 of the original 10 $155,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 97% of the 12.0M printed tickets have been sold.
83.2%
expected return
1 in 4.46
odds of any win
2 of 10
$155K top prizes left
97%
claimed · 11.6M of 12M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 87,763 winning tickets still unclaimed.
9 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
13 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 872 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $4.16 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.35 · 67.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $155K
$0.81 · 16.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
87,756 winning tickets remain in this range: 81% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
97% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
12M
tickets printed
11.6M
tickets claimed · 97%
401k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
3%
20% of top prizes remain with only 3% 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
#2 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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