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Poor valueActiveGOING BANANAS · $1 · Virginia Lottery
GOING BANANAS: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.54 on average.
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#12 of 13 · $1 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#12 of 13 · $1 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
GOING BANANAS is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 54.0%, down 7.0 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 4 of the original 5 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 78% of the 2.9M printed tickets have been sold.
54.0%
expected return
1 in 4.98
odds of any win
4 of 5
$1K top prizes left
78%
claimed · 2.3M of 2.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 130,423 winning tickets still unclaimed.
9 win more than $1
$2 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 81,188 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.54 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.53 · 53.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.01 · 0.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
130,419 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
78% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
2.9M
tickets printed
2.3M
tickets claimed · 78%
650k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
80%
Tickets left
22%
80% of top prizes remain with only 22% 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
#12 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM.
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