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ActiveThe Hunt for $3,000,000$30 · $30 · Pennsylvania Lottery

The Hunt for $3,000,000$30: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $23.67 on average.

▲ +1.4 pts vs launch#4 of 10 · $30 PA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:16 PM

The Hunt for $3,000,000$30 is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.9%, up 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 77.5%. 2 of the original 5 $3,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 64% of the 4.8M printed tickets have been sold.

78.9%
expected return
1 in 3.32
odds of any win
2 of 5
$3M jackpots left
64%
claimed · 3.1M of 4.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 521,137 winning tickets still unclaimed.

18 win more than $30
$40 – $300, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 182 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map

Where the $23.67 comes from

The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.

Small wins $30 – $750
$18.56 · 61.9% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $300K
$1.64 · 5.5% of price
Jackpots $3M+
$3.47 · 11.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
67.3%
Just 2 tickets out of 1.7M carry the $3M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $750 wins
520,566 winning tickets remain in this range: 78% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress

64% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there

Counting every ticket since launch.

4.8M
tickets printed
3.1M
tickets claimed · 64%
1.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
36%
40% of top prizes remain with only 36% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Pennsylvania Lottery
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Rank vs $30 PA peers
#4 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
$3 Million Mega Moolah Multiplier$30
82.1%
2
Merry Money Match$30
81.5%
3
Triple Red 777$30
79.7%
4
The Hunt for $3,000,000$30
78.9%
5
Cash Spectacular$30
78.7%
6
$120,000,000 Payout$30
78.3%
7
$160 Million Cash Blowout$30
77.2%
8
Mega Bucks$30
77.1%
9
$3,000,000 Golden Ticket$30
75.1%
10
3s a Charm$30
71.7%
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 12:16 PM.
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