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Average valueActiveUltimate 7s · $20 · Virginia Lottery
Ultimate 7s: Average value. A $20 ticket pays back $13.87 on average.
▼ -12.9 pts vs launch#11 of 11 · $20 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026
▼ -12.9 pts vs launch#11 of 11 · $20 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026
Ultimate 7s is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.3%, down 12.9 percentage points from the launch value of 82.2%. 0 of the original 3 $1,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 77% of the 1.2M printed tickets have been sold.
69.3%
expected return
1 in 3.7
odds of any win
0 of 3
$1M jackpots left
77%
claimed · 935k of 1.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 76,177 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $20
$40 – $300, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 139,785 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $13.87 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $300
$13.80 · 69.0% of price
Mid prizes $10K
$0.07 · 0.4% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
69.3%
Just 0 tickets out of 280k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $300 wins
76,175 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
77% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
1.2M
tickets printed
935k
tickets claimed · 77%
280k
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
23%
0% of top prizes remain with 23% 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
#11 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 12, 2026.
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