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Weak valueActiveBronze 7s · $1 · Virginia Lottery
Bronze 7s: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.62 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 16 · $1 VA games
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 16 · $1 VA games
Bronze 7s is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 63.0%. 3 of the original 4 $2,777 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 29% of the 3.5M printed tickets have been sold.
62.0%
expected return
1 in 4.52
odds of any win
3 of 4
$3K top prizes left
29%
claimed · 1M of 3.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 559,808 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $1
$2 – $250, an actual profit
10 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 843,444 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.62 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $250
$0.62 · 61.7% of price
Mid prizes $3K
$0.00 · 0.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $250 wins
559,805 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
29% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
3.5M
tickets printed
1M
tickets claimed · 29%
2.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
71%
75% of top prizes remain with only 71% 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
#1 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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