Mega Bucks Odds & Prize Statistics
Mega Bucks is a $30 Pennsylvania Lottery scratch-off ticket with a current Win PA Lottery purchase weight of 76. This makes it an average ticket to buy if you are looking for longevity of play and the best current odds of winning a top-tier prize. Click here to find out how the purchase weight calculation is influenced.
On its first day of sales Mega Bucks had an expected return to player of 77.49% and odds of 1:3.12 on a single ticket. As of , after accounting for prizes already claimed, Mega Bucks has an expected return to player of 76.85%.
How to Understand These Statistics
How to Read & Understand Mega Bucks Prize Statistics
This page summarizes officially published Pennsylvania Lottery 'prizes remaining' data for Mega Bucks, as well as several calculated statistics to help you interpret what you are seeing. The prize counts will update when new lottery data becomes available from The Pennsylvania Lottery. Because scratch-off outcomes are random, this information is educational only and should not be interpreted as a prediction, guarantee, or any sort of purchase advice.
What These Numbers Mean
- Price: The cost of a single ticket. This sets context for value metrics like expected return and single ticket value.
- Opening Odds: The published overall odds on a single ticket (one play). These odds don't update or move as prizes are claimed and are only the game's printed baseline.
- Overall Game Expected Value (RTP): A percent estimate of how much money the game returns to players on average. The current RTP changes over time since it is based on remaining prizes vs tickets remaining. It is best interpreted as the long term average across many plays and not what any one ticket will produce.
- Single Ticket Value: A dollar estimate of how much prize money is still in circulation, spread evenly across all of the remaining tickets. It’s essentially: (total remaining prize dollars) ÷ (tickets remaining). This dollar amount does not represent how much is expected to be won on each play.
- Win PA Lottery Purchase Weight: A custom metric that blends factors such as remaining top prizes, how quickly the game is being claimed, and where it sits in its current lifecycle. Other influencing factors include deviation of multiple top prize tiers vs the tier six baseline. Learn more about how purchase weight is calculated.
Quick Ticket Snapshot
- Price: $30
- Opening Odds: 1:3.12
- Overall Game Expected Value: 76.85%
- Single Ticket Value: $23.05
- Win PA Lottery Purchase Weight: 76
How to read the prizes remaining data table below: 'Prizes Remaining' shows how many prizes in each tier are still unclaimed compared to the original count. Bigger remaining counts often mean the game is earlier in its lifecycle while smaller counts can indicate it has been more heavily claimed. Both of these situations can be favorable if the total amount of top prizes remaining begin to deviate from tier six. Learn more about jackpot density by viewing the Jackpot Tracker
| Prize Value | Prizes Remaining |
|---|---|
| $3,000,000 |
2 / 5
(40.00%)
|
| $300,000 |
4 / 10
(40.00%)
|
| $30,000 |
9 / 20
(45.00%)
|
| $3,000 |
1,058 / 2,280
(46.40%)
|
| $1,000 |
5,024 / 11,100
(45.26%)
|
| $500 |
8,153 / 18,300
(44.55%)
|
| $300 |
21,385 / 48,000
(44.55%)
|
| $150 |
19,246 / 43,200
(44.55%)
|
| $100 |
85,540 / 192,000
(44.55%)
|
| $60 |
160,387 / 360,000
(44.55%)
|
| $50 |
128,310 / 288,000
(44.55%)
|
| $40 |
235,234 / 528,000
(44.55%)
|
| $30 |
363,544 / 816,000
(44.55%)
|
| Losing Tickets Remaining | 2,179,963 |
|---|---|
| Total Tickets Remaining | 3,207,859 |
Compare Mega Bucks to other $30 games on our Best PA Scratch-Off Tickets page.
Review official game information from the Pennsylvania Lottery here.