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Decent valueActiveCASH BLAST · $20 · Virginia Lottery
CASH BLAST: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.09 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#11 of 13 · $20 VA games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#11 of 13 · $20 VA games
CASH BLAST is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.4%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 75.4%. 3,276 of the original 5,407 $600 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 40% of the 3.6M printed tickets have been sold.
75.4%
expected return
1 in 9.34
odds of any win
3,276 of 5,407
$600 top prizes left
40%
claimed · 1.4M of 3.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 229,741 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $20
$100 or $200 or $300, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
89 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 655 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.09 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $100 – $600
$15.09 · 75.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$100 – $600 wins
229,741 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
40% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
3.6M
tickets printed
1.4M
tickets claimed · 40%
2.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
61%
Tickets left
60%
61% of top prizes remain with only 60% 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
#11 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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