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Double The MoneyVirginia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Virginia Lottery
47
VALUESCORE
Fair
$5VirginiaGame #2415GREEN
At a glance

Double The Money is one of the Virginia Lottery's $5 games. Its overall odds of 1 in 4.91 trail the 1 in 4.16 typical of Virginia's $5 games. None of its winning tickets pays $5 or less: every prize is worth more than the ticket.

Overall Odds
1 in 4.91
Exp. Value
$0.69
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$100,000
Top Prizes Left
2
Prizes Remaining
59%
ValueScore™
47 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.69
→
AVERAGE
Nothing wrong with it, but nothing special either; it is 6th of the 22 active $5 games in Virginia.
Why
→At 1 in 4.91, winning tickets turn up less often than usual.
  • Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 896K at launch, about 1 in 799K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $100,000 prizes have been claimed.
  • $0.69 returned per dollar is roughly what most scratch-offs pay right now.
  • Prize quality is high: most of the meaningful top and mid-tier prizes remain in play.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9
$100,000
2 of 3 left
launch odds 1 in 896K
now ~1 in 799K
$2,000
2 of 4 left
launch odds 1 in 672K
now ~1 in 799K
$500
321 of 550 left
launch odds 1 in 4,889
now ~1 in 4,976
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
$100,00032
67%
$2,00042
50%
$500550321
58%
$2001,099657
60%
$1004,5002,642
59%
$5020,18211,789
58%
$2567,13839,642
59%
$2084,16149,788
59%
$10370,063220,494
60%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$9,324,200
Current Prize Pool
$5,541,300
Payout Percentage
59.4%
Total Prizes Remaining
325,337

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
2,689,207
Estimated Remaining
1,597,405
% Remaining
59.4%
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 August 3, one $100,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on September 3.

30
August 3October 9
  • September 3, 20261 claimed · 2 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 3% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 3 times the average for Virginia's $5 games (0.9% a 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

47
VALUESCORE
Fair
47
out of 100
Expected Value
16/40
Prize Quality
16/25
Win Frequency
3/20
Inventory Health
12/15
Updated: 10/9/2026

Game Details

Game Number
2415
Ticket Price
$5
Start Date
8/4/2026
Payout %
69.3%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/9/2026

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$5.00 per ticket · 1 in 4.91 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Double The Money scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. Double The Money scores 47/100 (Fair) and is 6th of Virginia's 22 $5 tickets, in the top third. It pays back about $0.69 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $5 tickets are listed on the Virginia rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the Double The Money scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Double The Money are 1 in 4.91. This means roughly 1 in every 5 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Double The Money?
The top prize for Double The Money is $100,000. As of our latest update, 2 top prizes remain unclaimed.

Every $5 ticket in Virginia

All 22 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
BINGO751 in 3.5368.5%$100K · 30.9%
BANK BUSTER651 in 4.0468.0%$100K · 3-
Silver 7s611 in 4.3170.5%$178K · 35.9%
PAWFECT PAYDAY511 in 4.2469.9%$125K · 11.9%
5 TIMES LUCKY491 in 4.1668.5%$100K · 21.1%
BONUS SPIN CROSSWORD471 in 3.8369.1%$100K · 21.0%
Double The Money (this game)471 in 4.9169.3%$100K · 23.0%
Cash Vault461 in 3.8270.3%$150K · 10.4%
10X The Money451 in 4.4868.5%$100K · 31.5%
Cash in a Flash451 in 3.8370.3%$100K · 10.7%

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.