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Decent valueActiveSecond Chance Eligible · $10 · Pennsylvania Lottery
Second Chance Eligible: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.67 on average.
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#6 of 16 · $10 PA games
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#6 of 16 · $10 PA games
Second Chance Eligible is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.7%, down 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 76.8%. 7 of the original 8 $400,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 10% of the 12.0M printed tickets have been sold.
76.7%
expected return
1 in 3.52
odds of any win
7 of 8
$400K top prizes left
10%
claimed · 1.2M of 12M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,070,091 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $10
$20 – $400, an actual profit
16 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 496 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.67 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $600
$7.35 · 73.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $400K
$0.32 · 3.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $600 wins
3,069,419 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
10% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
12M
tickets printed
1.2M
tickets claimed · 10%
10.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
88%
Tickets left
90%
88% of top prizes remain with 90% 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
#6 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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