$1,000,000 GOLD RUSHVirginia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
$1,000,000 GOLD RUSH is one of the Virginia Lottery's $50 games. Its ValueScore of 63/100 (Good) makes it 4th out of 5 $50 tickets in Virginia. Its overall odds of 1 in 3.55 beat the 1 in 4.29 typical of Virginia's $50 games. None of its winning tickets pays $50 or less: every prize is worth more than the ticket.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 680K at launch, about 1 in 574K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $1,000,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Winning tickets come up at a 28% clip (1 in 3.55), above the norm.
- Low inventory: most of this game's prizes have already been claimed.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 ($33,333/yr for 30 yrs or $500,000 cash) | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| $50,000 | 10 | 3 | 30% |
| $10,000 | 40 | 12 | 30% |
| $5,000 | 284 | 38 | 13% |
| $2,500 | 679 | 121 | 18% |
| $500 | 95,489 | 15,818 | 17% |
| $200 | 52,740 | 8,694 | 16% |
| $150 | 42,535 | 7,180 | 17% |
| $100 | 340,570 | 57,292 | 17% |
| $75 | 425,748 | 72,423 | 17% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, one $1,000,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on May 4.
- May 4, 20261 claimed · 1 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.4% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week.
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- Virginia
- Game Number
- 2309
- Ticket Price
- $50
- Start Date
- 11/5/2024
- Payout %
- 80.7%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $50 ticket in Virginia
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PREMIER PLAY | 81 | 1 in 4.88 | 80.1% | $3M · 3 | 2.1% |
| SET FOR LIFE | 71 | 1 in 3.70 | 80.1% | $6M · 1 | 0.9% |
| 500X THE MONEY | 65 | 1 in 3.39 | 79.4% | $7M · 1 | 0.4% |
| $1,000,000 GOLD RUSH (this game) | 63 | 1 in 3.55 | 80.7% | $1M · 1 | 0.4% |
| Cash Surge | 51 | 1 in 7.53 | 80.5% | $10K · 172 | - |
Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.