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Weak valueActiveDOUBLE SIDED DOLLARS · $5 · Virginia Lottery
DOUBLE SIDED DOLLARS: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.11 on average.
▼ -6.0 pts vs launch#24 of 27 · $5 VA games
▼ -6.0 pts vs launch#24 of 27 · $5 VA games
DOUBLE SIDED DOLLARS is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.2%, down 6.0 percentage points from the launch value of 68.2%. 0 of the original 3 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 87% of the 2.6M printed tickets have been sold.
62.2%
expected return
1 in 4.05
odds of any win
0 of 3
$100K top prizes left
87%
claimed · 2.3M of 2.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 84,274 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 8,982 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.11 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.11 · 62.2% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $100K
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
84,274 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
87% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
2.6M
tickets printed
2.3M
tickets claimed · 87%
341k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
13%
0% of top prizes remain with 13% 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
#24 of 27
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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