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Weak valueActiveMoney Match · $2 · Virginia Lottery
Money Match: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.26 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#7 of 16 · $2 VA games
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#7 of 16 · $2 VA games
Money Match is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 2 of the original 7 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 75% of the 6.1M printed tickets have been sold.
63.0%
expected return
1 in 6.82
odds of any win
2 of 7
$25K top prizes left
75%
claimed · 4.6M of 6.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 220,463 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $2
$5 – $250, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
85 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 53,698 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.26 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$1.23 · 61.3% of price
Mid prizes $25K
$0.03 · 1.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
220,461 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
75% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2022.
6.1M
tickets printed
4.6M
tickets claimed · 75%
1.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
29%
Tickets left
25%
29% of top prizes remain with only 25% 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 $2 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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