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Average valueActiveGold 7s · $10 · Virginia Lottery
Gold 7s: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.29 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#7 of 16 · $10 VA games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#7 of 16 · $10 VA games
Gold 7s is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.9%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 72.9%. 3 of the original 3 $577,777 top prizes are still unclaimed.
72.9%
expected return
1 in 3.90
odds of any win
3 of 3
$578K top prizes left
0%
claimed · 0 of 2.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 752,967 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,854 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.29 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.66 · 66.6% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $578K
$0.63 · 6.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
752,939 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
0% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
2.9M
tickets printed
0
tickets claimed · 0%
2.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
100%
100% of top prizes remain with 100% 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 $10 VA peers
#7 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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