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Weak valueActiveThe Price is Right · $5 · Virginia Lottery
The Price is Right: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.35 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#18 of 24 · $5 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#18 of 24 · $5 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
The Price is Right is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 1 of the original 3 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 72% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
67.0%
expected return
1 in 4.27
odds of any win
1 of 3
$200K top prizes left
72%
claimed · 4.3M of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 397,541 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 6,287 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.35 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.22 · 64.4% of price
Mid prizes $10K – $200K
$0.13 · 2.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
397,538 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
72% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2022.
6M
tickets printed
4.3M
tickets claimed · 72%
1.7M
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
28%
33% of top prizes remain with only 28% 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
#18 of 24
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM.
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