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Strong valueActive$173,000,000 Extravaganza · $30 · Virginia Lottery
$173,000,000 Extravaganza: Strong value. A $30 ticket pays back $24.24 on average.
▲ +0.4 pts vs launch#3 of 9 · $30 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
▲ +0.4 pts vs launch#3 of 9 · $30 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
$173,000,000 Extravaganza is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.8%, up 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 80.4%. 2 of the original 3 $5,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 37% of the 7.6M printed tickets have been sold.
80.8%
expected return
1 in 3.08
odds of any win
2 of 3
$5M jackpots left
37%
claimed · 2.8M of 7.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,547,279 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $30
$50 – $300, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
67 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,025 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $24.24 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$22.03 · 73.4% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $40K
$0.11 · 0.4% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$2.10 · 7.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
73.8%
Just 2 tickets out of 4.8M carry the $5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
1,547,236 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
37% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2022.
7.6M
tickets printed
2.8M
tickets claimed · 37%
4.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
63%
67% of top prizes remain with only 63% 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 $30 VA peers
#3 of 9
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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