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Strong valueActive$1,000,000 GOLD RUSH · $50 · Virginia Lottery
$1,000,000 GOLD RUSH: Strong value. A $50 ticket pays back $41.07 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $50 VA games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $50 VA games
$1,000,000 GOLD RUSH is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 82.1%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 82.1%. 1 of the original 5 $1,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 81% of the 3.4M printed tickets have been sold.
82.1%
expected return
1 in 3.55
odds of any win
1 of 5
$1M jackpots left
81%
claimed · 2.8M of 3.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 180,766 winning tickets still unclaimed.
25 win more than $50
$75 – $200, an actual profit
0 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 36 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $41.07 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $75 – $500
$38.23 · 76.5% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $50K
$1.29 · 2.6% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$1.56 · 3.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
79.0%
Just 1 ticket out of 642k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$75 – $500 wins
180,571 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
81% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2024.
3.4M
tickets printed
2.8M
tickets claimed · 81%
642k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
19%
20% of top prizes remain with only 19% 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
#3 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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