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Average valueActiveBINGO MULTIPLIER · $5 · Virginia Lottery
BINGO MULTIPLIER: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.50 on average.
▲ +1.6 pts vs launch#3 of 27 · $5 VA games
▲ +1.6 pts vs launch#3 of 27 · $5 VA games
BINGO MULTIPLIER is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.0%, up 1.6 percentage points from the launch value of 68.4%. 1 of the original 3 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 93% of the 4.2M printed tickets have been sold.
70.0%
expected return
1 in 3.53
odds of any win
1 of 3
$100K top prizes left
93%
claimed · 3.9M of 4.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 76,667 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $400, an actual profit
13 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 30,070 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.50 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.12 · 62.3% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $100K
$0.38 · 7.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
76,664 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
93% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2024.
4.2M
tickets printed
3.9M
tickets claimed · 93%
271k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
7%
33% of top prizes remain with only 7% 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
#3 of 27
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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