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Average valueActiveBONUS SPIN CROSSWORD · $5 · Virginia Lottery
BONUS SPIN CROSSWORD: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.42 on average.
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#11 of 27 · $5 VA games
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#11 of 27 · $5 VA games
BONUS SPIN CROSSWORD is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.4%, down 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 2 of the original 6 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 63% of the 7.0M printed tickets have been sold.
68.4%
expected return
1 in 3.83
odds of any win
2 of 6
$100K top prizes left
63%
claimed · 4.4M of 7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 668,424 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 41,291 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.42 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.33 · 66.7% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $100K
$0.09 · 1.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
668,410 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
63% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
7M
tickets printed
4.4M
tickets claimed · 63%
2.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
37%
33% of top prizes remain with 37% 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 $5 VA peers
#11 of 27
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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