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Strong valueActivePayday Tripler · $20 · Virginia Lottery
Payday Tripler: Strong value. A $20 ticket pays back $17.46 on average.
▲ +6.2 pts vs launch#2 of 11 · $20 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
▲ +6.2 pts vs launch#2 of 11 · $20 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
Payday Tripler is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 87.3%, up 6.2 percentage points from the launch value of 81.1%. 2 of the original 3 $1,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 56% of the 1.2M printed tickets have been sold.
87.3%
expected return
1 in 3.44
odds of any win
2 of 3
$1M jackpots left
56%
claimed · 677k of 1.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 155,716 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $20
$40 – $300, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 789 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $17.46 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $600
$13.63 · 68.2% of price
Mid prizes $6K – $20K
$0.10 · 0.5% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$3.73 · 18.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.6%
Just 2 tickets out of 536k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $600 wins
155,710 winning tickets remain in this range: 78% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
56% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
1.2M
tickets printed
677k
tickets claimed · 56%
536k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
44%
67% of top prizes remain with only 44% 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 $20 VA peers
#2 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM.
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