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Average valueActiveAvailable as Online Game · $5 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Available as Online Game: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.60 on average.
▲ +2.0 pts vs launch#15 of 20 · $5 PA games
▲ +2.0 pts vs launch#15 of 20 · $5 PA games
Available as Online Game is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.0%, up 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 4 of the original 10 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 79% of the 14.4M printed tickets have been sold.
72.0%
expected return
1 in 4.59
odds of any win
4 of 10
$200K top prizes left
79%
claimed · 11.4M of 14.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 722,706 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $400, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,685 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.60 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.29 · 65.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.31 · 6.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
722,572 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
79% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
14.4M
tickets printed
11.4M
tickets claimed · 79%
3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
21%
40% of top prizes remain with only 21% 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
#15 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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