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Strong valueActivePlatinum 7s · $20 · Virginia Lottery
Platinum 7s: Strong value. A $20 ticket pays back $16.77 on average.
▼ -4.5 pts vs launch#4 of 13 · $20 VA games
▼ -4.5 pts vs launch#4 of 13 · $20 VA games
Platinum 7s is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 83.9%, down 4.5 percentage points from the launch value of 88.4%. 2 of the original 3 $2,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 20% of the 1.2M printed tickets have been sold.
83.9%
expected return
1 in 3.48
odds of any win
2 of 3
$2M jackpots left
20%
claimed · 241k of 1.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 282,239 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $20
$40 – $200, an actual profit
10 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 592 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $16.77 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.38 · 61.9% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $70K
$0.31 · 1.6% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$4.07 · 20.4% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
63.5%
Just 2 tickets out of 982k carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
282,207 winning tickets remain in this range: 74% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
20% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
1.2M
tickets printed
241k
tickets claimed · 20%
982k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
80%
67% of top prizes remain with 80% 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
#4 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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