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Average valueActiveLivin Lucky with Luke Combs · $5 · Virginia Lottery
Livin Lucky with Luke Combs: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.42 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#12 of 24 · $5 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#12 of 24 · $5 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
Livin Lucky with Luke Combs is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.4%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 68.6%. 1 of the original 3 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 73% of the 3.9M printed tickets have been sold.
68.4%
expected return
1 in 4.01
odds of any win
1 of 3
$200K top prizes left
73%
claimed · 2.9M of 3.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 264,108 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 7,730 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.42 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.17 · 63.3% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $200K
$0.25 · 5.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
264,097 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
73% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2023.
3.9M
tickets printed
2.9M
tickets claimed · 73%
1.1M
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
27%
33% of top prizes remain with only 27% 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 $5 VA peers
#12 of 24
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM.
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