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Exceptional valueActive50X The Money · $20 · Virginia Lottery
50X The Money: Exceptional value. A $20 ticket pays back $26.37 on average.
▲ +48.8 pts vs launch#1 of 13 · $20 VA games
▲ +48.8 pts vs launch#1 of 13 · $20 VA games
50X The Money is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 131.8%, up 48.8 percentage points from the launch value of 83.0%. 2 of the original 3 $3,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 86% of the 3.4M printed tickets have been sold.
131.8%
expected return
1 in 3.03
odds of any win
2 of 3
$3M jackpots left
86%
claimed · 2.9M of 3.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 155,676 winning tickets still unclaimed.
23 win more than $20
$25 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
67 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,021 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $26.37 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.54 · 67.7% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $200K
$0.11 · 0.6% of price
Jackpots $3M+
$12.72 · 63.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.2%
Just 2 tickets out of 472k carry the $3M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
155,666 winning tickets remain in this range: 51% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
86% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2025.
3.4M
tickets printed
2.9M
tickets claimed · 86%
472k
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
14%
67% of top prizes remain with only 14% 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 $20 VA peers
#1 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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