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Average valueActivePAWFECT PAYDAY · $5 · Virginia Lottery
PAWFECT PAYDAY: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.40 on average.
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#15 of 28 · $5 VA games
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#15 of 28 · $5 VA games
PAWFECT PAYDAY is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.0%, down 1.8 percentage points from the launch value of 69.8%. 1 of the original 3 $125,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 45% of the 2.7M printed tickets have been sold.
68.0%
expected return
1 in 4.24
odds of any win
1 of 3
$125K top prizes left
45%
claimed · 1.2M of 2.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 344,006 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,241 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.40 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.24 · 64.8% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $125K
$0.16 · 3.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
343,998 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
45% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
2.7M
tickets printed
1.2M
tickets claimed · 45%
1.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
55%
33% of top prizes remain with 55% 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
#15 of 28
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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