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Weak valueActive10 YEARS OF CASH · $5 · Virginia Lottery
10 YEARS OF CASH: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.04 on average.
▼ -9.4 pts vs launch#25 of 27 · $5 VA games
▼ -9.4 pts vs launch#25 of 27 · $5 VA games
10 YEARS OF CASH is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 60.8%, down 9.4 percentage points from the launch value of 70.2%. 0 of the original 3 $600,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 5.3M printed tickets have been sold.
60.8%
expected return
1 in 4.29
odds of any win
0 of 3
$600K top prizes left
85%
claimed · 4.4M of 5.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 188,727 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 4,424 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.04 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.02 · 60.3% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $600K
$0.02 · 0.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
188,724 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
85% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
5.3M
tickets printed
4.4M
tickets claimed · 85%
810k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
15%
0% of top prizes remain with 15% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Virginia Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $5 VA peers
#25 of 27
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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