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Average valueActiveLoaded with $500s · $10 · Virginia Lottery
Loaded with $500s: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.93 on average.
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#11 of 14 · $10 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#11 of 14 · $10 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
Loaded with $500s is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.3%, down 4.0 percentage points from the launch value of 73.3%. 258 of the original 6,159 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 96% of the 1.8M printed tickets have been sold.
69.3%
expected return
1 in 3.98
odds of any win
258 of 6,159
$500 top prizes left
96%
claimed · 1.8M of 1.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 19,775 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 305 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.93 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.93 · 69.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
19,775 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
96% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
1.8M
tickets printed
1.8M
tickets claimed · 96%
79k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
4%
Tickets left
4%
4% of top prizes remain with 4% 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
#11 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM.
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