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Decent valueActiveSecond Chance Eligible · $10 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Second Chance Eligible: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.70 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#5 of 16 · $10 PA games
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#5 of 16 · $10 PA games
Second Chance Eligible is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 77.0%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 76.8%. 8 of the original 8 $400,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 6% of the 12.0M printed tickets have been sold.
77.0%
expected return
1 in 3.52
odds of any win
8 of 8
$400K top prizes left
6%
claimed · 757k of 12M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,195,449 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $10
$20 – $400, an actual profit
16 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 496 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.70 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $600
$7.35 · 73.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $400K
$0.35 · 3.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $600 wins
3,194,751 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
6% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
12M
tickets printed
757k
tickets claimed · 6%
11.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
94%
100% of top prizes remain with only 94% 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 $10 PA peers
#5 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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