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Average valueActiveBIG BILLS · $10 · Virginia Lottery
BIG BILLS: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.22 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#6 of 16 · $10 VA games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#6 of 16 · $10 VA games
BIG BILLS is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.2%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 72.4%. 1 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 65% of the 3.1M printed tickets have been sold.
72.2%
expected return
1 in 4.04
odds of any win
1 of 3
$500K top prizes left
65%
claimed · 2M of 3.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 264,583 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,516 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.22 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.60 · 66.0% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $500K
$0.62 · 6.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
264,576 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
65% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
3.1M
tickets printed
2M
tickets claimed · 65%
1.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
35%
33% of top prizes remain with 35% 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 $10 VA peers
#6 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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