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Exceptional valueActive500X THE MONEY · $50 · Virginia Lottery
500X THE MONEY: Exceptional value. A $50 ticket pays back $44.04 on average.
▲ +6.3 pts vs launch#1 of 4 · $50 VA games
▲ +6.3 pts vs launch#1 of 4 · $50 VA games
500X THE MONEY is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 88.1%, up 6.3 percentage points from the launch value of 81.7%. 1 of the original 3 $7,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 7.8M printed tickets have been sold.
88.1%
expected return
1 in 3.39
odds of any win
1 of 3
$7M jackpots left
85%
claimed · 6.6M of 7.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 349,260 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $50
$75 or $100 or $250, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 52 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $44.04 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $600
$34.88 · 69.8% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$3.24 · 6.5% of price
Jackpots $7M+
$5.91 · 11.8% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
76.3%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.2M carry the $7M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $600 wins
348,344 winning tickets remain in this range: 79% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
85% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2024.
7.8M
tickets printed
6.6M
tickets claimed · 85%
1.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
15%
33% of top prizes remain with only 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 $50 VA peers
#1 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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