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Average valueActiveSales Ending Soon · $2 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Sales Ending Soon: Average value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.45 on average.
▲ +2.0 pts vs launch#1 of 9 · $2 PA games
▲ +2.0 pts vs launch#1 of 9 · $2 PA games
Sales Ending Soon is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.5%, up 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.5%. 7 of the original 17 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 83% of the 4.8M printed tickets have been sold.
72.5%
expected return
1 in 3.84
odds of any win
7 of 17
$10K top prizes left
83%
claimed · 4M of 4.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 210,100 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $2
$3 – $300, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 73,610 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.45 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $300
$1.35 · 67.4% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $10K
$0.10 · 5.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $300 wins
210,089 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
83% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
4.8M
tickets printed
4M
tickets claimed · 83%
810k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
41%
Tickets left
17%
41% of top prizes remain with only 17% 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 $2 PA peers
#1 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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