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Weak valueActiveCashing Through The Snow · $5 · Virginia Lottery
Cashing Through The Snow: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.29 on average.
▼ -2.6 pts vs launch#19 of 24 · $5 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
▼ -2.6 pts vs launch#19 of 24 · $5 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
Cashing Through The Snow is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.8%, down 2.6 percentage points from the launch value of 68.4%. 2 of the original 5 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 81% of the 2.7M printed tickets have been sold.
65.8%
expected return
1 in 4.66
odds of any win
2 of 5
$100K top prizes left
81%
claimed · 2.2M of 2.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 111,608 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 13,336 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.29 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.90 · 58.1% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $100K
$0.39 · 7.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
111,606 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
81% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
2.7M
tickets printed
2.2M
tickets claimed · 81%
520k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
19%
40% of top prizes remain with only 19% 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
#19 of 24
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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