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Average valueActiveInstant Cash · $10 · Virginia Lottery
Instant Cash: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.15 on average.
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#9 of 16 · $10 VA games
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#9 of 16 · $10 VA games
Instant Cash is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.5%, down 1.8 percentage points from the launch value of 73.3%. 1 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 55% of the 2.4M printed tickets have been sold.
71.5%
expected return
1 in 5.25
odds of any win
1 of 3
$500K top prizes left
55%
claimed · 1.3M of 2.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 210,649 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
81 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,699 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.15 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$6.68 · 66.8% of price
Mid prizes $10K – $500K
$0.47 · 4.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
210,646 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
55% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
2.4M
tickets printed
1.3M
tickets claimed · 55%
1.1M
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
45%
33% of top prizes remain with 45% 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
#9 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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