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Exceptional valueActive50X The Money · $20 · Virginia Lottery
50X The Money: Exceptional value. A $20 ticket pays back $20.25 on average.
▲ +18.2 pts vs launch#1 of 11 · $20 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
▲ +18.2 pts vs launch#1 of 11 · $20 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
50X The Money is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 101.3%, up 18.2 percentage points from the launch value of 83.0%. 2 of the original 3 $3,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 73% of the 3.4M printed tickets have been sold.
101.3%
expected return
1 in 3.03
odds of any win
2 of 3
$3M jackpots left
73%
claimed · 2.5M of 3.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 303,145 winning tickets still unclaimed.
23 win more than $20
$25 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
67 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,022 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $20.25 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.62 · 68.1% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $200K
$0.09 · 0.5% of price
Jackpots $3M+
$6.53 · 32.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.6%
Just 2 tickets out of 919k carry the $3M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
303,127 winning tickets remain in this range: 67% 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, May 2025.
3.4M
tickets printed
2.5M
tickets claimed · 73%
919k
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
27%
67% 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 $20 VA peers
#1 of 11
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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