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Decent valueActive$500 Blowout$20 · $20 · Pennsylvania Lottery
$500 Blowout$20: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.92 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $20 PA games
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $20 PA games
$500 Blowout$20 is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 79.6%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 80.0%. 31,647 of the original 57,000 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 44% of the 7.2M printed tickets have been sold.
79.6%
expected return
1 in 2.72
odds of any win
31,647 of 57,000
$500 top prizes left
44%
claimed · 3.2M of 7.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,479,828 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $20
$50 or $100 or $200, an actual profit
25 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
64 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 128 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.92 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$15.92 · 79.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
1,479,828 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
44% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
7.2M
tickets printed
3.2M
tickets claimed · 44%
4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
56%
Tickets left
56%
56% of top prizes remain with 56% 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 $20 PA peers
#2 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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