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Poor valueActiveLucky Stars · $1 · Virginia Lottery
Lucky Stars: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.57 on average.
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#10 of 13 · $1 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#10 of 13 · $1 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
Lucky Stars is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.0%, down 4.0 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 1 of the original 4 $3,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 76% of the 2.9M printed tickets have been sold.
57.0%
expected return
1 in 4.74
odds of any win
1 of 4
$3K top prizes left
76%
claimed · 2.2M of 2.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 146,887 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 116,041 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.57 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.57 · 56.6% of price
Mid prizes $3K
$0.00 · 0.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
146,886 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
76% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2025.
2.9M
tickets printed
2.2M
tickets claimed · 76%
696k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
24%
25% of top prizes remain with only 24% 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
#10 of 13
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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