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Poor valueActiveBlack Cherry Doubler · $1 · Virginia Lottery
Black Cherry Doubler: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.58 on average.
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#7 of 13 · $1 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#7 of 13 · $1 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
Black Cherry Doubler is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.0%, down 3.0 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 2 of the original 5 $2,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 49% of the 3.5M printed tickets have been sold.
58.0%
expected return
1 in 4.66
odds of any win
2 of 5
$2K top prizes left
49%
claimed · 1.7M of 3.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 387,229 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 15,969 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.58 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.58 · 57.8% of price
Mid prizes $2K
$0.00 · 0.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
387,227 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
49% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
3.5M
tickets printed
1.7M
tickets claimed · 49%
1.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
51%
40% of top prizes remain with 51% 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 $1 VA peers
#7 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM.
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