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Weak valueActiveFast Cash · $1 · Virginia Lottery
Fast Cash: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.61 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#2 of 15 · $1 VA games
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#2 of 15 · $1 VA games
Fast Cash is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 61.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 62.0%. 2 of the original 3 $2,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 28% of the 2.6M printed tickets have been sold.
61.0%
expected return
1 in 4.74
odds of any win
2 of 3
$2K top prizes left
28%
claimed · 722k of 2.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 388,811 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 921,482 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.61 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.61 · 60.8% of price
Mid prizes $2K
$0.00 · 0.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
388,809 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
28% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
2.6M
tickets printed
722k
tickets claimed · 28%
1.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
72%
67% of top prizes remain with 72% 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 $1 VA peers
#2 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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