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Decent valueActiveCode Word Crossword$10 · $10 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Code Word Crossword$10: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.85 on average.
▲ +1.7 pts vs launch#2 of 15 · $10 PA games
▲ +1.7 pts vs launch#2 of 15 · $10 PA games
Code Word Crossword$10 is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.5%, up 1.7 percentage points from the launch value of 76.8%. 4 of the original 10 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 70% of the 10.8M printed tickets have been sold.
78.5%
expected return
1 in 3.62
odds of any win
4 of 10
$500K top prizes left
70%
claimed · 7.6M of 10.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 899,142 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$20 – $400, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 5,610 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.85 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $400
$6.91 · 69.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $500K
$0.94 · 9.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $400 wins
898,564 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
70% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
10.8M
tickets printed
7.6M
tickets claimed · 70%
3.2M
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
30%
40% of top prizes remain with only 30% 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
#2 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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