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Decent valueActiveMoney Box Bingo$5 · $5 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Money Box Bingo$5: Decent value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.78 on average.
▲ +1.2 pts vs launch#8 of 20 · $5 PA games
▲ +1.2 pts vs launch#8 of 20 · $5 PA games
Money Box Bingo$5 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.6%, up 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 74.4%. 6 of the original 10 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 50% of the 8.4M printed tickets have been sold.
75.6%
expected return
1 in 3.66
odds of any win
6 of 10
$200K top prizes left
50%
claimed · 4.2M of 8.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,142,923 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 14,776 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.78 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.41 · 68.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.37 · 7.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,142,846 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
50% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
8.4M
tickets printed
4.2M
tickets claimed · 50%
4.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
60%
Tickets left
50%
60% of top prizes remain with only 50% 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
#8 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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