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Weak valueActivePAWFECT PAYDAY · $5 · Virginia Lottery
PAWFECT PAYDAY: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.38 on average.
▼ -2.2 pts vs launch#14 of 27 · $5 VA games
▼ -2.2 pts vs launch#14 of 27 · $5 VA games
PAWFECT PAYDAY is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.6%, down 2.2 percentage points from the launch value of 69.8%. 1 of the original 3 $125,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 36% of the 2.7M printed tickets have been sold.
67.6%
expected return
1 in 4.24
odds of any win
1 of 3
$125K top prizes left
36%
claimed · 967k of 2.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 399,565 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 3,215 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.38 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
$0.14 · 2.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
399,556 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
36% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
2.7M
tickets printed
967k
tickets claimed · 36%
1.7M
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
64%
33% of top prizes remain with 64% 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
#14 of 27
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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