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Poor valueActive$20,000 a Month for Life$10 · $10 · Pennsylvania Lottery
$20,000 a Month for Life$10: Poor value. A $10 ticket pays back $5.89 on average.
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#15 of 15 · $10 PA games
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#15 of 15 · $10 PA games
$20,000 a Month for Life$10 is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.9%, down 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 59.0%. 11 of the original 24 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 52% of the 10.8M printed tickets have been sold.
58.9%
expected return
1 in 3.60
odds of any win
11 of 24
$10K top prizes left
52%
claimed · 5.6M of 10.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,437,623 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 710 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $5.89 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$5.79 · 57.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.10 · 1.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
1,437,214 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
52% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
10.8M
tickets printed
5.6M
tickets claimed · 52%
5.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
46%
Tickets left
48%
46% of top prizes remain with 48% 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 $10 PA peers
#15 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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