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Poor valueActive2X The Money · $1 · Virginia Lottery
2X The Money: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.59 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#6 of 15 · $1 VA games
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#6 of 15 · $1 VA games
2X The Money is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.0%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 3 of the original 5 $4,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 67% of the 5.9M printed tickets have been sold.
59.0%
expected return
1 in 4.70
odds of any win
3 of 5
$4K top prizes left
67%
claimed · 3.9M of 5.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 413,931 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 389,095 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.59 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.58 · 58.4% of price
Mid prizes $4K
$0.01 · 0.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
413,928 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
67% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
5.9M
tickets printed
3.9M
tickets claimed · 67%
1.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
60%
Tickets left
33%
60% of top prizes remain with only 33% 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 $1 VA peers
#6 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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