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Decent valueActiveIn The Money · $30 · Virginia Lottery
In The Money: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $23.99 on average.
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#3 of 10 · $30 VA games
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#3 of 10 · $30 VA games
In The Money is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.0%, down 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 81.4%. 1 of the original 3 $1,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 61% of the 1.2M printed tickets have been sold.
80.0%
expected return
1 in 3.50
odds of any win
1 of 3
$1M jackpots left
61%
claimed · 742k of 1.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 137,712 winning tickets still unclaimed.
28 win more than $30
$50 – $250, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 410 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $23.99 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$21.89 · 73.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $10K
$0.03 · 0.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$2.07 · 6.9% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
73.1%
Just 1 ticket out of 482k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
137,708 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
61% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
1.2M
tickets printed
742k
tickets claimed · 61%
482k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
39%
33% of top prizes remain with 39% 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 $30 VA peers
#3 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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