The odds of winning any prize on Bright Buck$ are 1 in 4.25 (23.55%). Those are the odds printed when the game launched, since remaining-prize counts aren’t available for its smaller prizes.

Yes. 5 of the 15 $2,500 top prizes have been claimed, and 10 are still unclaimed, as of Oct 7, 2026. We estimate about 75% of the game's 8,408,986 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. Bright Buck$ is on sale at Pennsylvania Lottery retailers, and the lottery hasn’t announced an end date.

Among the 7 $1 Pennsylvania scratch-offs on sale, Bright Buck$ ranks #3 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 4.25 tickets winning at least the $1 ticket price back. Right now the $1 game with the best odds of breaking even is THE WIZARD OF OZ™ GLINDA THE GOOD WITCH, where 1 in 4.13 tickets wins at least $1 back.

Bright Buck$ has 11 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $2,500 at 1 in 626,924 (10 of 15 left); $500+ at 1 in 272,576 (13 of 20 left); $100+ at 1 in 7,846 (776 of 1,050 left); $50+ at 1 in 2,984 (1,302 of 1,750 left); $40+ at 1 in 1,993 (1,044 of 1,400 left); $20+ at 1 in 181 (31,586 of 42,350 left). Printed odds, since remaining-prize counts aren’t available for these: $10+ at 1 in 64.4 (84,000 printed); $5+ at 1 in 25.3 (201,600 printed); $4+ at 1 in 17.7 (142,800 printed); $2+ at 1 in 9.13 (445,200 printed); $1+ at 1 in 4.25 (1,058,400 printed).

The odds of winning at least your $1 back on one Bright Buck$ ticket are 1 in 4.25 (23.55%). The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 9.13 (10.95%).

Bright Buck$ costs $1 per ticket. It is sold at authorized Pennsylvania Lottery retailers throughout the state.

Yes — Pennsylvania instant games and Pennsylvania scratch-offs are the same thing: a paper lottery ticket you scratch to reveal whether it wins. The Pennsylvania Lottery lists them under "Scratch-Offs" on its own site. "Instant Games" is simply what most players in Pennsylvania call them, while "scratch-off" and "scratch ticket" are the terms used in other states. In Pennsylvania, "instant games" and "instant tickets" mean these same paper tickets you buy at a retailer — not the lottery's online games. Every game ranked on this page is the same physical ticket, whichever name you use for it.

Bright Buck$, a $1 Pennsylvania scratch-off, was released on Jul 6, 2026 by the Pennsylvania Lottery.