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Average valueActive10 YEARS OF CASH · $5 · Virginia Lottery
10 YEARS OF CASH: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.62 on average.
▲ +2.2 pts vs launch#2 of 24 · $5 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
▲ +2.2 pts vs launch#2 of 24 · $5 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
10 YEARS OF CASH is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.4%, up 2.2 percentage points from the launch value of 70.2%. 1 of the original 3 $600,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 79% of the 5.3M printed tickets have been sold.
72.4%
expected return
1 in 4.29
odds of any win
1 of 3
$600K top prizes left
79%
claimed · 4.2M of 5.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 254,598 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 4,334 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.62 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.05 · 61.0% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $600K
$0.57 · 11.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
254,594 winning tickets remain in this range: 84% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
79% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
5.3M
tickets printed
4.2M
tickets claimed · 79%
1.1M
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
21%
33% of top prizes remain with only 21% 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
#2 of 24
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM.
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