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Exceptional valueActive50X The Money · $20 · Virginia Lottery
50X The Money: Exceptional value. A $20 ticket pays back $30.01 on average.
▲ +67.0 pts vs launch#1 of 13 · $20 VA games
▲ +67.0 pts vs launch#1 of 13 · $20 VA games
50X The Money is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 150.1%, up 67.0 percentage points from the launch value of 83.0%. 2 of the original 3 $3,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 89% of the 3.4M printed tickets have been sold.
150.1%
expected return
1 in 3.03
odds of any win
2 of 3
$3M jackpots left
89%
claimed · 3M of 3.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 120,475 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 1,003 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $30.01 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.48 · 67.4% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $200K
$0.09 · 0.4% of price
Jackpots $3M+
$16.44 · 82.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
67.9%
Just 2 tickets out of 365k carry the $3M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$3M+ wins
2 winning tickets remain in this range: 55% of total value.
Claim progress
89% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2025.
3.4M
tickets printed
3M
tickets claimed · 89%
365k
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
11%
67% of top prizes remain with only 11% 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 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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