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Decent valueActiveThe Hunt for $3,000,000$30 · $30 · Pennsylvania Lottery
The Hunt for $3,000,000$30: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $22.27 on average.
▼ -3.3 pts vs launch#10 of 12 · $30 PA games
▼ -3.3 pts vs launch#10 of 12 · $30 PA games
The Hunt for $3,000,000$30 is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Pennsylvania state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.2%, down 3.3 percentage points from the launch value of 77.5%. 1 of the original 5 $3,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 68% of the 4.8M printed tickets have been sold.
74.2%
expected return
1 in 3.32
odds of any win
1 of 5
$3M jackpots left
68%
claimed · 3.3M of 4.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 458,619 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $30
$40 – $300, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 182 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $22.27 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $750
$18.57 · 61.9% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $300K
$1.73 · 5.8% of price
Jackpots $3M+
$1.97 · 6.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
67.7%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.5M carry the $3M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $750 wins
458,123 winning tickets remain in this range: 83% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
68% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
4.8M
tickets printed
3.3M
tickets claimed · 68%
1.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
32%
20% of top prizes remain with 32% 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
#10 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Pennsylvania Lottery published claim data.
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