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Strong valueActivePower Payout Multiplier · $10 · Virginia Lottery
Power Payout Multiplier: Strong value. A $10 ticket pays back $8.73 on average.
▲ +8.2 pts vs launch#1 of 14 · $10 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
▲ +8.2 pts vs launch#1 of 14 · $10 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:56 AM
Power Payout Multiplier is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 87.3%, up 8.2 percentage points from the launch value of 79.1%. 1 of the original 3 $1,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 80% of the 2.4M printed tickets have been sold.
87.3%
expected return
1 in 4.14
odds of any win
1 of 3
$1M jackpots left
80%
claimed · 1.9M of 2.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 115,442 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,219 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $8.73 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.40 · 64.0% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $100K
$0.24 · 2.4% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$2.09 · 20.9% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
66.4%
Just 1 ticket out of 478k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
115,437 winning tickets remain in this range: 73% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
80% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2025.
2.4M
tickets printed
1.9M
tickets claimed · 80%
478k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
20%
33% of top prizes remain with only 20% 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 $10 VA peers
#1 of 14
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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