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Weak valueActiveBright Buck$$1 · $1 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Bright Buck$$1: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.66 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 8 · $1 PA games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 8 · $1 PA games
Bright Buck$$1 is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 66.0%. 12 of the original 15 $2,500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 13% of the 8.4M printed tickets have been sold.
66.0%
expected return
1 in 4.25
odds of any win
12 of 15
$3K top prizes left
13%
claimed · 1.1M of 8.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,712,409 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 242,292 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.66 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.66 · 65.6% of price
Mid prizes $3K
$0.00 · 0.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
1,712,397 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
13% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
8.4M
tickets printed
1.1M
tickets claimed · 13%
7.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
80%
Tickets left
87%
80% of top prizes remain with 87% 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 $1 PA peers
#1 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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