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Weak valueActiveCash Grab eInstant · $1 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Cash Grab eInstant: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.66 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $1 PA games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $1 PA games
Cash Grab eInstant 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%. 50 of the original 50 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 1% of the 8.4M printed tickets have been sold.
66.0%
expected return
1 in 4.26
odds of any win
50 of 50
$1K top prizes left
1%
claimed · 58k of 8.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,959,751 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $1
$2 – $150, 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 166,847 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 – $150
$0.65 · 65.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.01 · 0.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $150 wins
1,959,701 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
1% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
8.4M
tickets printed
58k
tickets claimed · 1%
8.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
99%
100% of top prizes remain with only 99% 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
#2 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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