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Average valueActive3s a Charm$30 · $30 · Pennsylvania Lottery
3s a Charm$30: Average value. A $30 ticket pays back $21.62 on average.
▼ -5.5 pts vs launch#10 of 11 · $30 PA games
▼ -5.5 pts vs launch#10 of 11 · $30 PA games
3s a Charm$30 is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.1%, down 5.5 percentage points from the launch value of 77.5%. 1 of the original 5 $3,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 55% of the 5.4M printed tickets have been sold.
72.1%
expected return
1 in 3.44
odds of any win
1 of 5
$3M jackpots left
55%
claimed · 3M of 5.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 708,827 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $30
$40 – $300, an actual profit
16 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 504 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $21.62 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $900
$19.09 · 63.6% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $300K
$1.30 · 4.3% of price
Jackpots $3M+
$1.23 · 4.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.0%
Just 1 ticket out of 2.4M carry the $3M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $900 wins
707,859 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
55% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
5.4M
tickets printed
3M
tickets claimed · 55%
2.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
45%
20% of top prizes remain with 45% 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 $30 PA peers
#10 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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