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Average valueActiveGold 7s · $10 · Virginia Lottery
Gold 7s: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.16 on average.
▼ -1.3 pts vs launch#8 of 16 · $10 VA games
▼ -1.3 pts vs launch#8 of 16 · $10 VA games
Gold 7s is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.6%, down 1.3 percentage points from the launch value of 72.9%. 2 of the original 3 $577,777 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 15% of the 2.9M printed tickets have been sold.
71.6%
expected return
1 in 3.90
odds of any win
2 of 3
$578K top prizes left
15%
claimed · 440k of 2.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 640,042 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,805 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.16 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.66 · 66.6% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $578K
$0.50 · 5.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
640,017 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
15% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
2.9M
tickets printed
440k
tickets claimed · 15%
2.5M
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
85%
67% of top prizes remain with 85% 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 $10 VA peers
#8 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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