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Average valueActiveBINGO · $5 · Virginia Lottery
BINGO: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.43 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#10 of 28 · $5 VA games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#10 of 28 · $5 VA games
BINGO is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.6%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 68.6%. 3 of the original 3 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 0% of the 4.0M printed tickets have been sold.
68.6%
expected return
1 in 3.53
odds of any win
3 of 3
$100K top prizes left
0%
claimed · 16k of 4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,123,130 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $400, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 29,587 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.43 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.32 · 66.4% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $100K
$0.11 · 2.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,123,097 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
0% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
4M
tickets printed
16k
tickets claimed · 0%
4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
100%
100% of top prizes remain with only 100% 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 $5 VA peers
#10 of 28
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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