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Decent valueActiveBONUS STAR MILLIONS · $30 · Virginia Lottery
BONUS STAR MILLIONS: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $22.55 on average.
▼ -6.9 pts vs launch#8 of 9 · $30 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
▼ -6.9 pts vs launch#8 of 9 · $30 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
BONUS STAR MILLIONS is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.2%, down 6.9 percentage points from the launch value of 82.1%. 0 of the original 3 $1,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 82% of the 1.5M printed tickets have been sold.
75.2%
expected return
1 in 3.78
odds of any win
0 of 3
$1M jackpots left
82%
claimed · 1.2M of 1.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 68,474 winning tickets still unclaimed.
26 win more than $30
$50 – $200, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 555 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $22.55 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$22.29 · 74.3% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $10K
$0.26 · 0.9% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
75.2%
Just 0 tickets out of 259k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
68,456 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
82% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2025.
1.5M
tickets printed
1.2M
tickets claimed · 82%
259k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
18%
0% of top prizes remain with 18% 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 $30 VA peers
#8 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM.
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