

Odds and payouts for Pick 5 are as follows: Players can purchase tickets up to seven days in advance. ET, and on the live televised drawing at 6:58:50 p.m. ET, with the numbers posted on the Lottery's website after 1:35 p.m. It is a five-digit game, drawn twice a day (at 1:10 p.m. Pick 5's first drawing was on August 26, 2008, under the name Quinto. If the four digits match (in this case four different digits), regardless of their order, match the winning number, the player wins.Ī winning boxed number including three of the same digit (regardless of the remaining single digit).Ī winning boxed number including two pairs of digits.Ī winning boxed number including one pair of digits (regardless of the other two digits). If the four digits, and their order, match the winning number drawn, the player wins. Single tickets can be purchased for the same amounts as in Pick 3, up to seven days in advance. It is a four-digit game, drawn twice a day (at 1:10 p.m. If a Super Straight number includes two of the same digit, the cost is three times that of the regular cost, since there are only three possible winning combinations (instead of six). A win is, therefore, treated like a Straight win. Consequently, tickets cost six times the normal price of a ticket. The online system plays all six possible combinations (if all three digits are different) of the number. If the two digits, and their order, match the back (right) two digits of the winning number, the player wins. If the two digits, and their order, match the front (left) two digits of the winning number, the player wins. The payout differs if a winning boxed number includes two of the same digit. If the three digits, regardless of their order, match the winning number, the player wins. If the three digits, and their order, match the winning number drawn, the player wins. Tickets can be purchased up to seven days in advance. Single tickets can be purchased in increments of 50¢, up to $5.00. ET, and on a live televised drawing at 6:58:50 p.m. It is a three-digit (0–9) game, drawn twice a day (at 1:10 p.m. The minimum play is $1, and tickets can be purchased up to seven days in advance. (Concurrent with the introduction of Pick 2, the Daily Number, Big 4, and Quinto were renamed to Pick 3, Pick 4, and Pick 5, respectively.) Pick 2 is drawn twice daily (at 1:10 p.m. Pick 2 is a two-digit (0–9) game which debuted on January 27, 2015. Governor Tom Wolf's budget plan for 2018 said that he and the state would use new revenues to "re-establish a $75 million reserve fund." Pennsylvania-only draw games Pick 2 In 2017, following a revenue decrease exceeding $75 million for the fiscal year 2016–2017, Pennsylvania passed a gaming expansion bill that authorized the sale of online lottery products. Since the beginning of the Lottery in 1972, more than $20.1 billion has been contributed to programs.

The Pennsylvania Lottery is the only US lottery that targets all of its proceeds to programs for its elderly residents. The gross revenue for fiscal year 2009–2010 represented an increase of approximately 59 percent in sales over fiscal year 2001–02. Approximately $1.87 billion was paid as prizes, $915.7 million to programs, $207 million was paid as retailer and vendor commissions, and $76.6 million was paid to advertising and operations. įor the 2009–2010 fiscal year, approximately $3.065 billion in gross revenue was acquired through proceeds and interest. Currently, the Pennsylvania Lottery exceeds these requirements, as 60.9 percent is paid as prizes, 29.9 percent to programs, 6.7 percent is paid as retailer and vendor commissions and 2.5 percent is consumed as operating expenses. Lottery proceeds īy Pennsylvania law, at least 40 percent of Lottery proceeds are required to be paid as prizes, with another 27 percent towards funding programs. The Pennsylvania Lottery sold its first tickets on Maand drew its first numbers on March 15, 1972. The Lottery was created by the Pennsylvania General Assembly on Augtwo months later, Henry Kaplan was appointed as its first executive director. The Pennsylvania Lottery is operated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
