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Decent valueActiveMega Bucks$30 · $30 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Mega Bucks$30: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $23.29 on average.
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#9 of 12 · $30 PA games
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#9 of 12 · $30 PA games
Mega Bucks$30 is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 77.6%, up 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 77.5%. 2 of the original 5 $3,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 60% of the 7.2M printed tickets have been sold.
77.6%
expected return
1 in 3.12
odds of any win
2 of 5
$3M jackpots left
60%
claimed · 4.3M of 7.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 917,674 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $30
$40 – $300, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 227 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $23.29 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$18.14 · 60.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $300K
$3.05 · 10.2% of price
Jackpots $3M+
$2.09 · 7.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.7%
Just 2 tickets out of 2.9M carry the $3M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
912,256 winning tickets remain in this range: 78% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
60% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
7.2M
tickets printed
4.3M
tickets claimed · 60%
2.9M
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
40%
40% of top prizes remain with only 40% 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 $30 PA peers
#9 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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