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Poor valueActiveBLACKJACK · $1 · Virginia Lottery
BLACKJACK: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.55 on average.
▼ -6.0 pts vs launch#11 of 13 · $1 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
▼ -6.0 pts vs launch#11 of 13 · $1 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
BLACKJACK is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 55.0%, down 6.0 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 18 of the original 68 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 72% of the 7.9M printed tickets have been sold.
55.0%
expected return
1 in 4.69
odds of any win
18 of 68
$1K top prizes left
72%
claimed · 5.7M of 7.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 469,685 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 68,838 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.55 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.54 · 54.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.01 · 0.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
469,667 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
72% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2024.
7.9M
tickets printed
5.7M
tickets claimed · 72%
2.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
26%
Tickets left
28%
26% of top prizes remain with 28% 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
#11 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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