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Weak valueActiveBlackjack · $1 · Virginia Lottery
Blackjack: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.60 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#4 of 16 · $1 VA games
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#4 of 16 · $1 VA games
Blackjack is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 60.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 53 of the original 68 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 21% of the 8.3M printed tickets have been sold.
60.0%
expected return
1 in 4.69
odds of any win
53 of 68
$1K top prizes left
21%
claimed · 1.8M of 8.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,397,238 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
11 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 60,676 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.60 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.59 · 59.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.01 · 0.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
1,397,185 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
21% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
8.3M
tickets printed
1.8M
tickets claimed · 21%
6.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
78%
Tickets left
79%
78% of top prizes remain with 79% 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
#4 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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