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Decent valueActiveSnake, Rattle and Roll$20 · $20 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Snake, Rattle and Roll$20: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.79 on average.
▲ +0.7 pts vs launch#4 of 9 · $20 PA games
▲ +0.7 pts vs launch#4 of 9 · $20 PA games
Snake, Rattle and Roll$20 is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 79.0%, up 0.7 percentage points from the launch value of 78.3%. 5 of the original 5 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 14% of the 7.2M printed tickets have been sold.
79.0%
expected return
1 in 3.43
odds of any win
5 of 5
$1M jackpots left
14%
claimed · 1M of 7.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,801,135 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $20
$30 – $250, an actual profit
13 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 257 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.79 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.41 · 62.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$2.57 · 12.8% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.81 · 4.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
74.9%
Just 5 tickets out of 6.2M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
1,786,349 winning tickets remain in this range: 79% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
14% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
7.2M
tickets printed
1M
tickets claimed · 14%
6.2M
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
86%
100% of top prizes remain with only 86% 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
#4 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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