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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#16 of 19 · $5 PA gamesUpdated Jul 31, 2026, 12:15 PM
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#16 of 19 · $5 PA gamesUpdated Jul 31, 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 95% 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
95%
claimed · 9.1M of 9.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 90,765 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 11,638 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
$3.22 · 64.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.32 · 6.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
90,757 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
95% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
9.6M
tickets printed
9.1M
tickets claimed · 95%
454k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
5%
Tickets left
5%
5% of top prizes remain with only 5% 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
#16 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 31, 2026, 12:15 PM.
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