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Decent valueActiveBIG BANK PAYDAY · $10 · Virginia Lottery
BIG BANK PAYDAY: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.57 on average.
▲ +2.9 pts vs launch#2 of 16 · $10 VA games
▲ +2.9 pts vs launch#2 of 16 · $10 VA games
BIG BANK PAYDAY is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.7%, up 2.9 percentage points from the launch value of 72.8%. 3 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 25% of the 1.6M printed tickets have been sold.
75.7%
expected return
1 in 3.99
odds of any win
3 of 3
$500K top prizes left
25%
claimed · 397k of 1.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 298,947 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 4,245 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.57 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.17 · 61.7% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$1.40 · 14.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
298,933 winning tickets remain in this range: 82% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
25% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
1.6M
tickets printed
397k
tickets claimed · 25%
1.2M
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
75%
100% of top prizes remain with only 75% 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 $10 VA peers
#2 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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