D
Weak valueActiveVIRGINIA ADVENTURE · $2 · Virginia Lottery
VIRGINIA ADVENTURE: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.29 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#1 of 16 · $2 VA games
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#1 of 16 · $2 VA games
VIRGINIA ADVENTURE is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.5%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 2 of the original 3 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 74% of the 2.9M printed tickets have been sold.
64.5%
expected return
1 in 4.50
odds of any win
2 of 3
$20K top prizes left
74%
claimed · 2.2M of 2.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 165,547 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$5 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 62,080 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.29 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.24 · 61.8% of price
Mid prizes $20K
$0.05 · 2.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
165,545 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
74% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2024.
2.9M
tickets printed
2.2M
tickets claimed · 74%
745k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
26%
67% of top prizes remain with only 26% 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 $2 VA peers
#1 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Virginia Lottery published claim data.
S
Scratchstats