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Strong valueActive$1,000,000 GOLD RUSH · $50 · Virginia Lottery
$1,000,000 GOLD RUSH: Strong value. A $50 ticket pays back $40.96 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $50 VA games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $50 VA games
$1,000,000 GOLD RUSH is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 81.9%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 82.1%. 1 of the original 5 $1,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 80% of the 3.4M printed tickets have been sold.
81.9%
expected return
1 in 3.55
odds of any win
1 of 5
$1M jackpots left
80%
claimed · 2.7M of 3.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 194,453 winning tickets still unclaimed.
25 win more than $50
$75 – $200, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 36 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $40.96 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $75 – $500
$38.21 · 76.4% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $50K
$1.30 · 2.6% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$1.45 · 2.9% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
79.0%
Just 1 ticket out of 690k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$75 – $500 wins
194,238 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
80% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2024.
3.4M
tickets printed
2.7M
tickets claimed · 80%
690k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
20%
20% of top prizes remain with 20% 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 $50 VA peers
#3 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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