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Decent valueActiveCash Overload · $30 · Virginia Lottery
Cash Overload: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $23.31 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#7 of 10 · $30 VA games
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#7 of 10 · $30 VA games
Cash Overload is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 77.7%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 77.5%. 24 of the original 200 $2,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 90% of the 1.7M printed tickets have been sold.
77.7%
expected return
1 in 7.40
odds of any win
24 of 200
$2K top prizes left
90%
claimed · 1.5M of 1.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 22,135 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $30
$100 or $200 or $300, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
87 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 118 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $23.31 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $100 – $600
$23.02 · 76.7% of price
Mid prizes $2K
$0.29 · 1.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$100 – $600 wins
22,111 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
90% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2024.
1.7M
tickets printed
1.5M
tickets claimed · 90%
164k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
12%
Tickets left
10%
12% of top prizes remain with only 10% 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
#7 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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