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Average valueActiveAvailable as Online Game · $5 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Available as Online Game: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.54 on average.
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#17 of 20 · $5 PA games
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#17 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 70.8%, down 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 71.4%. 3 of the original 20 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 83% of the 10.8M printed tickets have been sold.
70.8%
expected return
1 in 4.42
odds of any win
3 of 20
$100K top prizes left
83%
claimed · 8.9M of 10.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 425,722 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $300, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,138 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.54 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.36 · 67.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.18 · 3.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
425,700 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
83% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
10.8M
tickets printed
8.9M
tickets claimed · 83%
1.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
15%
Tickets left
17%
15% of top prizes remain with 17% 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
#17 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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