D
Weak valueActive5X The Money · $2 · Virginia Lottery
5X The Money: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.22 on average.
▼ -3.5 pts vs launch#11 of 14 · $2 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
▼ -3.5 pts vs launch#11 of 14 · $2 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
5X The Money is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 61.0%, down 3.5 percentage points from the launch value of 64.5%. 1 of the original 4 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 72% of the 5.3M printed tickets have been sold.
61.0%
expected return
1 in 4.53
odds of any win
1 of 4
$20K top prizes left
72%
claimed · 3.8M of 5.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 322,160 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 25,603 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.22 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.21 · 60.3% of price
Mid prizes $20K
$0.01 · 0.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
322,159 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
72% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
5.3M
tickets printed
3.8M
tickets claimed · 72%
1.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
28%
25% of top prizes remain with 28% 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 $2 VA peers
#11 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM.
S
Scratchstats