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Exceptional valueActiveLIFE OF LUXURY · $20 · Virginia Lottery
LIFE OF LUXURY: Exceptional value. A $20 ticket pays back $20.33 on average.
▲ +20.4 pts vs launch#2 of 13 · $20 VA games
▲ +20.4 pts vs launch#2 of 13 · $20 VA games
LIFE OF LUXURY is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 101.6%, up 20.4 percentage points from the launch value of 81.3%. 2 of the original 3 $1,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 75% of the 1.2M printed tickets have been sold.
101.6%
expected return
1 in 3.43
odds of any win
2 of 3
$1M jackpots left
75%
claimed · 919k of 1.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 88,511 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $20
$40 – $400, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 606 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $20.33 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.64 · 68.2% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $10K
$0.10 · 0.5% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$6.59 · 32.9% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.7%
Just 2 tickets out of 304k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
88,505 winning tickets remain in this range: 67% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
75% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
1.2M
tickets printed
919k
tickets claimed · 75%
304k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
25%
67% of top prizes remain with only 25% 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 $20 VA peers
#2 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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