PA Treasure Hunt Odds

PA Treasure Hunt draws 5 numbers from 30, which makes 142,506 possible combinations. Every figure below is worked out from that, not quoted from elsewhere.

Chance of matching

Numbers matchedOdds per lineWinning combinations
5 of 5 (jackpot) 1 in 142,506 1
4 of 5 1 in 1,140 125
3 of 5 1 in 48 3,000
2 of 5 1 in 6 23,000

Main-draw odds only. Bonus numbers, extra games and add-ons alter some tiers, and prize amounts are not listed here because they vary by draw and are shared between winners — the operator's own breakdown is the right source for those.

What 142,506 looks like

A number that large is hard to picture, so: buying one line for every draw, twice a week, you would expect to cover all of them in roughly 1,370 years.

This is also why no selection method changes anything. Hot numbers, overdue numbers, birthdays and quick picks all face the same 1 in 142,506 per line, because the draw has no way of knowing how the numbers were chosen.