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Weak valueActiveSales Ending Soon · $20 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Sales Ending Soon: Weak value. A $20 ticket pays back $12.58 on average.
▼ -12.5 pts vs launch#7 of 8 · $20 PA gamesUpdated May 8, 2026, 12:15 PM
▼ -12.5 pts vs launch#7 of 8 · $20 PA gamesUpdated May 8, 2026, 12:15 PM
Sales Ending Soon is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.9%, down 12.5 percentage points from the launch value of 75.4%. 0 of the original 5 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 1% of the 9.0M printed tickets have been sold.
62.9%
expected return
1 in 3.50
odds of any win
0 of 5
$1M jackpots left
1%
claimed · 89k of 9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,544,840 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $20
$40 – $400, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 4,948 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $12.58 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $400
$12.14 · 60.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.44 · 2.2% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
62.9%
Just 0 tickets out of 8.9M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $400 wins
2,543,039 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
1% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
9M
tickets printed
89k
tickets claimed · 1%
8.9M
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
99%
0% of top prizes remain with 99% 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 $20 PA peers
#7 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data, updated May 8, 2026, 12:15 PM.
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