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Decent valueActiveSales Ending Soon · $5 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Sales Ending Soon: Decent value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.77 on average.
▲ +3.8 pts vs launch#7 of 19 · $5 PA gamesUpdated Jul 9, 2026, 12:16 AM
▲ +3.8 pts vs launch#7 of 19 · $5 PA gamesUpdated Jul 9, 2026, 12:16 AM
Sales Ending Soon is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.4%, up 3.8 percentage points from the launch value of 71.6%. 1 of the original 10 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 94% of the 8.4M printed tickets have been sold.
75.4%
expected return
1 in 4.45
odds of any win
1 of 10
$200K top prizes left
94%
claimed · 7.9M of 8.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 104,517 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,839 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.77 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.26 · 65.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.51 · 10.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
104,506 winning tickets remain in this range: 86% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
94% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
8.4M
tickets printed
7.9M
tickets claimed · 94%
468k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
10%
Tickets left
6%
10% of top prizes remain with only 6% 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
#7 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 9, 2026, 12:16 AM.
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