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Average valueActiveWinning 7s$5 · $5 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Winning 7s$5: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.54 on average.
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#14 of 17 · $5 PA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:15 PM
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#14 of 17 · $5 PA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:15 PM
Winning 7s$5 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.8%, down 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 71.4%. 1 of the original 20 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 92% of the 9.6M printed tickets have been sold.
70.8%
expected return
1 in 4.94
odds of any win
1 of 20
$100K top prizes left
92%
claimed · 8.8M of 9.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 163,907 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 9,942 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.54 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$3.24 · 64.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.30 · 6.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
163,891 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
92% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
9.6M
tickets printed
8.8M
tickets claimed · 92%
815k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
5%
Tickets left
8%
5% of top prizes remain with 8% 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
#14 of 17
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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