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Strong valueActive500X THE MONEY · $50 · Virginia Lottery
500X THE MONEY: Strong value. A $50 ticket pays back $42.68 on average.
▲ +3.6 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $50 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
▲ +3.6 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $50 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
500X THE MONEY is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 85.4%, up 3.6 percentage points from the launch value of 81.7%. 1 of the original 3 $7,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 80% of the 7.8M printed tickets have been sold.
85.4%
expected return
1 in 3.39
odds of any win
1 of 3
$7M jackpots left
80%
claimed · 6.2M of 7.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 455,412 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $50
$75 or $100 or $250, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 51 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $42.68 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $600
$34.95 · 69.9% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$3.19 · 6.4% of price
Jackpots $7M+
$4.53 · 9.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
76.3%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.5M carry the $7M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $600 wins
454,214 winning tickets remain in this range: 82% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
80% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2024.
7.8M
tickets printed
6.2M
tickets claimed · 80%
1.5M
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
20%
33% of top prizes remain with only 20% 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, updated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM.
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