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Average valueActiveMoney Money Money · $5 · Virginia Lottery
Money Money Money: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.45 on average.
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#8 of 27 · $5 VA games
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#8 of 27 · $5 VA games
Money Money Money is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.0%, down 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 70.2%. 1 of the original 3 $150,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 60% of the 2.9M printed tickets have been sold.
69.0%
expected return
1 in 4.06
odds of any win
1 of 3
$150K top prizes left
60%
claimed · 1.8M of 2.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 290,147 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
9 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 3,538 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.45 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.22 · 64.4% of price
Mid prizes $10K – $150K
$0.23 · 4.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
290,134 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
60% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
2.9M
tickets printed
1.8M
tickets claimed · 60%
1.2M
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
40%
33% of top prizes remain with 40% 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
#8 of 27
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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