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Exceptional valueActiveLIFE OF LUXURY · $20 · Virginia Lottery
LIFE OF LUXURY: Exceptional value. A $20 ticket pays back $18.92 on average.
▲ +13.4 pts vs launch#2 of 13 · $20 VA games
▲ +13.4 pts vs launch#2 of 13 · $20 VA games
LIFE OF LUXURY is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 94.6%, up 13.4 percentage points from the launch value of 81.3%. 2 of the original 3 $1,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 68% of the 1.2M printed tickets have been sold.
94.6%
expected return
1 in 3.43
odds of any win
2 of 3
$1M jackpots left
68%
claimed · 834k of 1.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 113,252 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $20
$40 – $400, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 599 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $18.92 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.67 · 68.3% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $10K
$0.10 · 0.5% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$5.15 · 25.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.9%
Just 2 tickets out of 388k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
113,244 winning tickets remain in this range: 72% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
68% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
1.2M
tickets printed
834k
tickets claimed · 68%
388k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
32%
67% of top prizes remain with only 32% 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
#2 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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