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Average valueActiveGold Bar 7s · $10 · Virginia Lottery
Gold Bar 7s: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.34 on average.
▲ +1.1 pts vs launch#6 of 16 · $10 VA games
▲ +1.1 pts vs launch#6 of 16 · $10 VA games
Gold Bar 7s is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.4%, up 1.1 percentage points from the launch value of 72.3%. 1 of the original 3 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 79% of the 3.6M printed tickets have been sold.
73.4%
expected return
1 in 3.71
odds of any win
1 of 3
$250K top prizes left
79%
claimed · 2.8M of 3.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 203,895 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $10
$20 – $400, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 12,607 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.34 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $400
$6.72 · 67.2% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $250K
$0.62 · 6.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $400 wins
203,835 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
79% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2023.
3.6M
tickets printed
2.8M
tickets claimed · 79%
756k
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
21%
33% of top prizes remain with only 21% 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
#6 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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