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Weak valueActiveVirginia Lottery Green · $5 · Virginia Lottery
Virginia Lottery Green: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.15 on average.
▼ -5.2 pts vs launch#22 of 24 · $5 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
▼ -5.2 pts vs launch#22 of 24 · $5 VA gamesUpdated Jun 12, 2026, 12:57 AM
Virginia Lottery Green is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.0%, down 5.2 percentage points from the launch value of 68.2%. 1 of the original 3 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 81% of the 3.9M printed tickets have been sold.
63.0%
expected return
1 in 4.60
odds of any win
1 of 3
$100K top prizes left
81%
claimed · 3.2M of 3.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 161,980 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 14,059 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.15 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.01 · 60.2% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $100K
$0.14 · 2.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
161,978 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
81% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2024.
3.9M
tickets printed
3.2M
tickets claimed · 81%
745k
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
19%
33% of top prizes remain with only 19% 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
#22 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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