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Weak valueActiveMONOPOLY FORTUNES · $5 · Virginia Lottery
MONOPOLY FORTUNES: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.37 on average.
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#16 of 27 · $5 VA games
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#16 of 27 · $5 VA games
MONOPOLY FORTUNES is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.4%, down 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 1 of the original 3 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 78% of the 5.9M printed tickets have been sold.
67.4%
expected return
1 in 4.12
odds of any win
1 of 3
$200K top prizes left
78%
claimed · 4.6M of 5.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 321,952 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,915 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.37 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.19 · 63.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.18 · 3.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
321,920 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
78% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2022.
5.9M
tickets printed
4.6M
tickets claimed · 78%
1.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
22%
33% of top prizes remain with only 22% 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
#16 of 27
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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