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Decent valueActiveWild Side$5 · $5 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Wild Side$5: Decent value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.80 on average.
▲ +1.4 pts vs launch#6 of 21 · $5 PA games
▲ +1.4 pts vs launch#6 of 21 · $5 PA games
Wild Side$5 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.0%, up 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 74.6%. 9 of the original 10 $150,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 35% of the 8.4M printed tickets have been sold.
76.0%
expected return
1 in 3.45
odds of any win
9 of 10
$150K top prizes left
35%
claimed · 2.9M of 8.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,587,490 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 10,458 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.80 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.51 · 70.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $150K
$0.29 · 5.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,587,429 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
35% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
8.4M
tickets printed
2.9M
tickets claimed · 35%
5.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
90%
Tickets left
65%
90% of top prizes remain with only 65% 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
#6 of 21
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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