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Poor valueActive2X The Money · $1 · Virginia Lottery
2X The Money: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.58 on average.
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#9 of 16 · $1 VA games
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#9 of 16 · $1 VA games
2X The Money is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.0%, down 3.0 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 3 of the original 5 $4,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 73% of the 5.9M printed tickets have been sold.
58.0%
expected return
1 in 4.70
odds of any win
3 of 5
$4K top prizes left
73%
claimed · 4.3M of 5.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 339,827 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 319,437 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.58 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.57 · 57.2% of price
Mid prizes $4K
$0.01 · 0.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
339,824 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
73% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
5.9M
tickets printed
4.3M
tickets claimed · 73%
1.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
60%
Tickets left
27%
60% of top prizes remain with only 27% 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 $1 VA peers
#9 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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