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Weak valueActiveSimply A Buck$1 · $1 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Simply A Buck$1: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.63 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#4 of 6 · $1 PA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:15 PM
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#4 of 6 · $1 PA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:15 PM
Simply A Buck$1 is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.0%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 10 of the original 100 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 91% of the 8.4M printed tickets have been sold.
63.0%
expected return
1 in 4.66
odds of any win
10 of 100
$1K top prizes left
91%
claimed · 7.6M of 8.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 165,373 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 51,533 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.63 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.62 · 61.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.01 · 1.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
165,363 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
91% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
8.4M
tickets printed
7.6M
tickets claimed · 91%
773k
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
9%
10% of top prizes remain with only 9% 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 $1 PA peers
#4 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 12:15 PM.
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