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Ranked 35th of 67 Tickets in Virginia

PAWFECT PAYDAYVirginia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Virginia Lottery
45
VALUESCORE
Fair
$5VirginiaGame #2412GREEN
At a glance

PAWFECT PAYDAY costs $5 a ticket from the Virginia Lottery. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $125,000 prize now runs about 1 in 1,298,475 by our estimate, against 1 in 886,997 at launch. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 156,529 tickets.

Overall Odds
1 in 4.24
Exp. Value
$0.70
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$125,000
Top Prizes Left
1
Prizes Remaining
49%
ValueScore™
45 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.70
→
AVERAGE
Middle of the pack: #35 of the 67 active games we track in Virginia.
Why
→Prize quality is thin, with the bigger winners mostly gone.
  • Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 887K at launch, about 1 in 1.3M now. The $125,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
  • $0.70 returned per dollar is roughly what most scratch-offs pay right now.
  • About a 24% chance of a prize on each ticket (1 in 4.24), in line with most games.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$125,000
1 of 3 left
launch odds 1 in 887K
now ~1 in 1.3M
$50,000
2 of 4 left
launch odds 1 in 665K
now ~1 in 649K
$2,000
5 of 10 left
launch odds 1 in 266K
now ~1 in 260K
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
$125,00031
33%
$50,00042
50%
$2,000105
50%
$500807397
49%
$2001,738831
48%
$10011,0895,176
47%
$5015,4927,455
48%
$2549,81423,780
48%
$2066,48831,878
48%
$10216,195104,724
48%
$5265,952131,995
50%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$9,296,420
Current Prize Pool
$4,429,325
Payout Percentage
47.6%
Total Prizes Remaining
306,244

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
2,660,990
Estimated Remaining
1,298,475
% Remaining
48.8%
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 July 4, 2 $125,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on August 5.

30
3
1
July 4October 19
  • August 5, 20261 claimed · 1 left
  • August 2, 20261 claimed · 2 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.6% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, faster than the average for Virginia's $5 games (1% 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

45
VALUESCORE
Fair
45
out of 100
Expected Value
18/40
Prize Quality
10/25
Win Frequency
9/20
Inventory Health
8/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
2412
Ticket Price
$5
Start Date
7/7/2026
Payout %
69.9%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$5.00 per ticket · 1 in 4.24 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the PAWFECT PAYDAY scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. PAWFECT PAYDAY scores 45/100 (Fair) and is 5th among the 19 $5 games Virginia sells. It pays back about $0.70 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $5 tickets are listed on the Virginia rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the PAWFECT PAYDAY scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with PAWFECT PAYDAY are 1 in 4.24. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for PAWFECT PAYDAY?
The top prize for PAWFECT PAYDAY is $125,000. As of our latest update, 1 top prize remains unclaimed.

Every $5 ticket in Virginia

All 19 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
BINGO731 in 3.5368.5%$100K · 31.1%
BANK BUSTER631 in 4.0468.0%$100K · 34.7%
Silver 7s601 in 4.3170.5%$178K · 25.0%
5 TIMES LUCKY461 in 4.1668.5%$100K · 21.0%
PAWFECT PAYDAY (this game)451 in 4.2469.9%$125K · 11.6%
Cash Vault441 in 3.8270.3%$150K · 10.4%
Double The Money441 in 4.9169.3%$100K · 22.6%
Cash in a Flash441 in 3.8370.3%$100K · 10.6%
BONUS SPIN CROSSWORD411 in 3.8369.1%$100K · 20.9%
Money Money Money411 in 4.0670.2%$150K · 12.2%

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.