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Poor valueActiveLucky Gems · $1 · Virginia Lottery
Lucky Gems: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.59 on average.
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#7 of 16 · $1 VA games
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#7 of 16 · $1 VA games
Lucky Gems is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.0%, down 4.0 percentage points from the launch value of 63.0%. 1 of the original 4 $1,500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 67% of the 3.5M printed tickets have been sold.
59.0%
expected return
1 in 4.66
odds of any win
1 of 4
$2K top prizes left
67%
claimed · 2.3M of 3.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 244,527 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $1
$2 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,139,496 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.59 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $200
$0.59 · 58.9% of price
Mid prizes $2K
$0.00 · 0.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $200 wins
244,526 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
67% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
3.5M
tickets printed
2.3M
tickets claimed · 67%
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
25%
Tickets left
33%
25% of top prizes remain with 33% 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 $1 VA peers
#7 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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