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Decent valueActiveBonanza Buck$ · $30 · Virginia Lottery
Bonanza Buck$: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $23.46 on average.
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#6 of 10 · $30 VA games
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#6 of 10 · $30 VA games
Bonanza Buck$ is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.2%, up 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 77.9%. 11 of the original 40 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 73% of the 2.4M printed tickets have been sold.
78.2%
expected return
1 in 3.87
odds of any win
11 of 40
$50K top prizes left
73%
claimed · 1.8M of 2.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 170,298 winning tickets still unclaimed.
25 win more than $30
$50 – $300, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 194 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $23.46 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $600
$22.35 · 74.5% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$1.11 · 3.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $600 wins
170,234 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
73% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2023.
2.4M
tickets printed
1.8M
tickets claimed · 73%
659k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
28%
Tickets left
27%
28% of top prizes remain with only 27% 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 $30 VA peers
#6 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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