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Strong valueActive$173,000,000 Extravaganza · $30 · Virginia Lottery
$173,000,000 Extravaganza: Strong value. A $30 ticket pays back $24.29 on average.
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#2 of 10 · $30 VA games
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#2 of 10 · $30 VA games
$173,000,000 Extravaganza is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 81.0%, up 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 80.4%. 2 of the original 3 $5,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 39% of the 7.6M printed tickets have been sold.
81.0%
expected return
1 in 3.08
odds of any win
2 of 3
$5M jackpots left
39%
claimed · 3M of 7.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,502,367 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $30
$50 – $300, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
67 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,025 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $24.29 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$22.02 · 73.4% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $40K
$0.11 · 0.4% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$2.16 · 7.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
73.8%
Just 2 tickets out of 4.6M carry the $5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
1,502,325 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
39% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2022.
7.6M
tickets printed
3M
tickets claimed · 39%
4.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
61%
67% of top prizes remain with only 61% 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 $30 VA peers
#2 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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