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Strong valueActiveIn The Money · $30 · Virginia Lottery
In The Money: Strong value. A $30 ticket pays back $24.06 on average.
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#3 of 10 · $30 VA games
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#3 of 10 · $30 VA games
In The Money is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.2%, down 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 81.4%. 1 of the original 3 $1,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 62% of the 1.2M printed tickets have been sold.
80.2%
expected return
1 in 3.50
odds of any win
1 of 3
$1M jackpots left
62%
claimed · 756k of 1.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 133,689 winning tickets still unclaimed.
28 win more than $30
$50 – $250, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 407 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $24.06 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$21.89 · 73.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $10K
$0.03 · 0.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$2.14 · 7.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
73.1%
Just 1 ticket out of 468k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
133,685 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
62% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
1.2M
tickets printed
756k
tickets claimed · 62%
468k
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
38%
33% of top prizes remain with 38% 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
#3 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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