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Ranked 30th of 71 Tickets in Virginia

BIG BILLSVirginia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Virginia Lottery
52
VALUESCORE
Fair
$10VirginiaGame #2396GREEN
At a glance

BIG BILLS is one of the Virginia Lottery's $10 games. At launch, about 1 in 381,901 tickets carried a prize of $10,000 or more. It pays back about $0.72 per $1 on average, in line with Virginia's other $10 games.

Overall Odds
1 in 4.04
Exp. Value
$0.72
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$500,000
Top Prizes Left
1
Prizes Remaining
31%
ValueScore™
52 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.72
→
AVERAGE
Middle of the pack: #30 of the 71 active games we track in Virginia.
Why
→Most of the larger top and mid-tier prizes have already been won.
  • This game is partway played through, with a fair share of prizes remaining.
  • $0.72 returned per dollar is roughly what most scratch-offs pay right now.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated November 7
$500,000
1 of 3 left
launch odds 1 in 1.0M
now ~1 in 935K
$50,000
3 of 5 left
launch odds 1 in 611K
now ~1 in 312K
$5,000
3 of 10 left
launch odds 1 in 306K
now ~1 in 312K
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeTotalLeftStatus
$500,00031
33%
$50,00053
60%
$5,000103
30%
$500868252
29%
$2004,5721,357
30%
$10030,5169,194
30%
$5083,99125,216
30%
$40101,78930,812
30%
$20229,06569,616
30%
$10305,42094,878
31%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$22,106,610
Current Prize Pool
$6,816,180
Payout Percentage
30.8%
Total Prizes Remaining
231,332

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
3,055,206
Estimated Remaining
934,581
% Remaining
30.6%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

Since its launch on April 6, 2 $500,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on June 5.

DateWhat happenedTop prizes left
April 6Launched3
April 131 claimed2
June 51 claimed1
November 7Latest count1

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.6% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for Virginia's $10 games (1.6% a week). By tickets sold, it is still the estimated #31 best seller of the 60 Virginia tickets we can rank, at about 17,000 tickets a week: a small share of a big print run is a lot of tickets.

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

52
VALUESCORE
Fair
52
out of 100
Expected Value
24/40
Prize Quality
8/25
Win Frequency
12/20
Inventory Health
8/15
Updated: 11/7/2026

Game Details

Game Number
2396
Ticket Price
$10
Start Date
4/7/2026
Payout %
72.4%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
11/7/2026

Simulate This Game

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$10.00 per ticket · 1 in 4.04 overall odds
✓ Accounts for prizes already claimed

Entertainment only. Outcomes are random and won't match a real session. Current-odds mode scales each tier by remaining prizes and tickets.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the BIG BILLS scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. BIG BILLS scores 52/100 (Fair) and is 7th out of 11 $10 tickets in Virginia. It pays back about $0.72 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $10 tickets are listed on the Virginia rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the BIG BILLS scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with BIG BILLS are 1 in 4.04. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for BIG BILLS?
The top prize for BIG BILLS is $500,000. As of our latest update, 1 top prize remains unclaimed.
How many prizes are left in BIG BILLS?
Based on our latest data, 31% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 231,332 out of 756,239 total). The game is winding down. A significant portion of prizes have already been claimed.

Every $10 ticket in Virginia

All 11 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
WRAPPED IN RICHES791 in 4.0872.8%$500K · 3-
20X THE MONEY681 in 3.6571.7%$1M · 30.8%
Gold 7s641 in 3.9072.9%$578K · 12.5%
BIG BANK PAYDAY621 in 3.9972.8%$500K · 11.8%
$500,000 Disco Dollars621 in 6.0071.9%$500K · 34.9%
Crossword Spectacular611 in 3.6972.3%$300K · 21.2%
BIG BILLS (this game)521 in 4.0472.4%$500K · 10.6%
SIX FIGURES501 in 3.9772.0%$500K · 10.2%
Instant Cash481 in 5.2573.3%$500K · 11.0%
Power Payout Multiplier461 in 4.1472.5%$1M · 00.0%

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.