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Decent valueActiveThe BIG Ticket: The Perfect Gift/Cold Hard Cash · $20 · Virginia Lottery
The BIG Ticket: The Perfect Gift/Cold Hard Cash: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.55 on average.
▼ -2.2 pts vs launch#6 of 11 · $20 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026
▼ -2.2 pts vs launch#6 of 11 · $20 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026
The BIG Ticket: The Perfect Gift/Cold Hard Cash is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 77.8%, down 2.2 percentage points from the launch value of 80.0%. 1 of the original 3 $1,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 55% of the 2.1M printed tickets have been sold.
77.8%
expected return
1 in 2.9
odds of any win
1 of 3
$1M jackpots left
55%
claimed · 1.2M of 2.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 320,746 winning tickets still unclaimed.
24 win more than $20
$25 – $250, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
66 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 661 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.55 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$14.35 · 71.7% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $50K
$0.14 · 0.7% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$1.06 · 5.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
72.4%
Just 1 ticket out of 940k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
320,737 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
55% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
2.1M
tickets printed
1.2M
tickets claimed · 55%
940k
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
45%
33% of top prizes remain with 45% 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
#6 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
50X The Money
101.3%
2
Payday Tripler
87.3%
3
$100,000 A YEAR
81.7%
4
LIFE OF LUXURY
81.2%
5
Supreme Riches
78.6%
6
The BIG Ticket: The Perfect Gift/Cold Hard Cash
77.8%
7
Money Blitz
76.7%
8
Cash Blast
75.5%
9
CASH BLAST
75.5%
10
$20,000 Bankroll
74.8%
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 12, 2026.
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