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Decent valueActiveCash Blast · $20 · Virginia Lottery
Cash Blast: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.10 on average.
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#8 of 11 · $20 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#8 of 11 · $20 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
Cash Blast is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.5%, up 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 75.4%. 189 of the original 5,358 $600 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 97% of the 3.5M printed tickets have been sold.
75.5%
expected return
1 in 9.34
odds of any win
189 of 5,358
$600 top prizes left
97%
claimed · 3.4M of 3.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 11,857 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $20
$100 or $200 or $300, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
89 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 586 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.10 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $100 – $600
$15.10 · 75.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$100 – $600 wins
11,857 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
97% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2024.
3.5M
tickets printed
3.4M
tickets claimed · 97%
111k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
4%
Tickets left
3%
4% of top prizes remain with only 3% 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 $20 VA peers
#8 of 11
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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