The odds of winning any prize on Mega Bucks are 1 in 3.12 (32.04%). Those are the odds printed when the game launched, since remaining-prize counts aren’t available for its smaller prizes.

Yes. 3 of the 5 $3,000,000 top prizes have been claimed, and 2 are still unclaimed, as of Oct 26, 2026. We estimate about 39% of the game's 7,197,574 tickets are still unsold.

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

Among the 11 $30 Pennsylvania scratch-offs on sale, Mega Bucks ranks #7 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 3.12 tickets winning at least the $30 ticket price back. Right now the $30 game with the best odds of breaking even is GAME SHOW EXPERIENCE, where 1 in 2.74 tickets wins at least $30 back.

Mega Bucks has 13 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $3,000,000 at 1 in 1,409,898 (2 of 5 left); $300,000+ at 1 in 469,966 (4 of 10 left); $30,000+ at 1 in 187,986 (9 of 20 left); $3,000+ at 1 in 3,000 (925 of 2,280 left); $1,000+ at 1 in 528 (4,397 of 11,100 left); $500+ at 1 in 227 (7,088 of 18,300 left). Printed odds, since remaining-prize counts aren’t available for these: $300+ at 1 in 90.3 (48,000 printed); $150+ at 1 in 58.6 (43,200 printed); $100+ at 1 in 22.9 (192,000 printed); $60+ at 1 in 10.7 (360,000 printed); $50+ at 1 in 7.48 (288,000 printed); $40+ at 1 in 4.83 (528,000 printed); $30+ at 1 in 3.12 (816,000 printed).

The odds of winning at least your $30 back on one Mega Bucks ticket are 1 in 3.12 (32.04%). The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 4.83 (20.71%).

Mega Bucks costs $30 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.