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Strong valueActiveCash Surge · $50 · Virginia Lottery
Cash Surge: Strong value. A $50 ticket pays back $40.51 on average.
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#4 of 4 · $50 VA games
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#4 of 4 · $50 VA games
Cash Surge is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 81.0%, up 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 80.5%. 192 of the original 632 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 70% of the 1.9M printed tickets have been sold.
81.0%
expected return
1 in 7.53
odds of any win
192 of 632
$10K top prizes left
70%
claimed · 1.4M of 1.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 77,862 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $50
$200 or $300, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
88 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 76 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $40.51 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $200 – $600
$32.00 · 64.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $10K
$8.51 · 17.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$200 – $600 wins
76,136 winning tickets remain in this range: 79% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
70% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
1.9M
tickets printed
1.4M
tickets claimed · 70%
586k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
30%
Tickets left
30%
30% of top prizes remain with only 30% 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 $50 VA peers
#4 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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