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Average valueActiveCLUE · $5 · Virginia Lottery
CLUE: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.41 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#13 of 27 · $5 VA games
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#13 of 27 · $5 VA games
CLUE is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.2%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.2%. 1 of the original 3 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 71% of the 3.3M printed tickets have been sold.
68.2%
expected return
1 in 4.54
odds of any win
1 of 3
$100K top prizes left
71%
claimed · 2.3M of 3.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 213,530 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 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 1,731 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.41 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.26 · 65.1% of price
Mid prizes $10K – $100K
$0.15 · 3.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
213,525 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
71% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2025.
3.3M
tickets printed
2.3M
tickets claimed · 71%
969k
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
29%
33% of top prizes remain with only 29% 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
#13 of 27
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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