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Strong valueActiveSET FOR LIFE · $50 · Virginia Lottery
SET FOR LIFE: Strong value. A $50 ticket pays back $41.48 on average.
▼ -4.3 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $50 VA games
▼ -4.3 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $50 VA games
SET FOR LIFE is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 83.0%, down 4.3 percentage points from the launch value of 87.2%. 1 of the original 3 $6,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 51% of the 2.4M printed tickets have been sold.
83.0%
expected return
1 in 3.70
odds of any win
1 of 3
$6M jackpots left
51%
claimed · 1.2M of 2.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 326,678 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $50
$100 or $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 62 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $41.48 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$28.29 · 56.6% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $100K
$8.23 · 16.5% of price
Jackpots $6M+
$4.96 · 9.9% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
73.0%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.2M carry the $6M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
322,140 winning tickets remain in this range: 68% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
51% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
2.4M
tickets printed
1.2M
tickets claimed · 51%
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
49%
33% of top prizes remain with 49% 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 $50 VA peers
#2 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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