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Average valueActiveSilver 7s · $5 · Virginia Lottery
Silver 7s: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.57 on average.
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#1 of 28 · $5 VA games
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#1 of 28 · $5 VA games
Silver 7s is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.4%, up 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 70.6%. 3 of the original 3 $177,777 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 22% of the 2.9M printed tickets have been sold.
71.4%
expected return
1 in 4.31
odds of any win
3 of 3
$178K top prizes left
22%
claimed · 644k of 2.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 531,268 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $100, 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 5,917 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.57 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.32 · 66.4% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $178K
$0.25 · 5.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
531,256 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
22% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
2.9M
tickets printed
644k
tickets claimed · 22%
2.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
78%
100% of top prizes remain with only 78% 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
#1 of 28
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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