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Average valueActiveCASH WHEEL · $5 · Virginia Lottery
CASH WHEEL: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.53 on average.
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#2 of 28 · $5 VA games
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#2 of 28 · $5 VA games
CASH WHEEL is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.6%, up 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 69.8%. 1 of the original 3 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 80% of the 2.7M printed tickets have been sold.
70.6%
expected return
1 in 5.02
odds of any win
1 of 3
$100K top prizes left
80%
claimed · 2.1M of 2.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 109,300 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 5,433 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.53 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$3.31 · 66.2% of price
Mid prizes $10K – $100K
$0.22 · 4.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
109,297 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
80% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
2.7M
tickets printed
2.1M
tickets claimed · 80%
549k
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
20%
33% of top prizes remain with only 20% 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
#2 of 28
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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