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Weak valueActiveMoney Match · $2 · Virginia Lottery
Money Match: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.27 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#5 of 14 · $2 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#5 of 14 · $2 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
Money Match is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.5%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 3 of the original 7 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 73% of the 6.1M printed tickets have been sold.
63.5%
expected return
1 in 6.82
odds of any win
3 of 7
$25K top prizes left
73%
claimed · 4.5M of 6.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 240,146 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $2
$5 – $250, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
85 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 54,593 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.27 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$1.22 · 61.2% of price
Mid prizes $25K
$0.05 · 2.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
240,143 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% 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, May 2022.
6.1M
tickets printed
4.5M
tickets claimed · 73%
1.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
43%
Tickets left
27%
43% 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 $2 VA peers
#5 of 14
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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