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Decent valueActiveAvailable as Online Game · $10 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Available as Online Game: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.40 on average.
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#8 of 15 · $10 PA games
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#8 of 15 · $10 PA games
Available as Online Game is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.0%, up 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 73.5%. 5 of the original 10 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 55% of the 12.0M printed tickets have been sold.
74.0%
expected return
1 in 3.82
odds of any win
5 of 10
$500K top prizes left
55%
claimed · 6.6M of 12M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,408,521 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $10
$15 – $250, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 8,326 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.40 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.86 · 68.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $500K
$0.54 · 5.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
1,408,236 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
55% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
12M
tickets printed
6.6M
tickets claimed · 55%
5.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
45%
50% of top prizes remain with only 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 $10 PA peers
#8 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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