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Average valueActiveCash Vault · $5 · Virginia Lottery
Cash Vault: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.49 on average.
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#5 of 28 · $5 VA games
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#5 of 28 · $5 VA games
Cash Vault is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.8%, down 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 70.4%. 1 of the original 3 $150,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 77% of the 3.2M printed tickets have been sold.
69.8%
expected return
1 in 3.82
odds of any win
1 of 3
$150K top prizes left
77%
claimed · 2.4M of 3.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 194,750 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 7,366 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.49 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.27 · 65.4% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $150K
$0.22 · 4.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
194,743 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
77% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2025.
3.2M
tickets printed
2.4M
tickets claimed · 77%
744k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
23%
33% of top prizes remain with only 23% 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 $5 VA peers
#5 of 28
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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