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Decent valueActiveSecond Chance Eligible · $5 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Second Chance Eligible: Decent value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.72 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#12 of 21 · $5 PA games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#12 of 21 · $5 PA games
Second Chance Eligible is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.4%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 74.4%. 8 of the original 10 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 18% of the 9.6M printed tickets have been sold.
74.4%
expected return
1 in 3.92
odds of any win
8 of 10
$200K top prizes left
18%
claimed · 1.7M of 9.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,009,880 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $150, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 4,849 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.72 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.51 · 70.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.21 · 4.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
2,009,831 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
18% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
9.6M
tickets printed
1.7M
tickets claimed · 18%
7.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
80%
Tickets left
82%
80% of top prizes remain with 82% 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
#12 of 21
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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