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Weak valueActive5X THE MONEY · $2 · Virginia Lottery
5X THE MONEY: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.28 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#3 of 16 · $2 VA games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#3 of 16 · $2 VA games
5X THE MONEY is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 5 of the original 5 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 5% of the 8.0M printed tickets have been sold.
64.0%
expected return
1 in 4.53
odds of any win
5 of 5
$20K top prizes left
5%
claimed · 404k of 8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,670,681 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 23,725 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.28 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.27 · 63.3% of price
Mid prizes $20K
$0.01 · 0.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
1,670,676 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
5% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
8M
tickets printed
404k
tickets claimed · 5%
7.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
95%
100% of top prizes remain with only 95% 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 $2 VA peers
#3 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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