Year of the Snake is one of the Virginia Lottery's $2 games. With tickets selling faster than its top prizes are claimed, our estimate for the $20,000 prize has improved to about 1 in 224,987, from 1 in 977,231 at launch. 51% of its winning tickets pay $2 or less, no more than the ticket cost. Only 15% of its prizes are still unclaimed.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 977K at launch, about 1 in 225K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $20,000 prizes have been claimed.
- The prize pool is running thin, with most prizes already won.
- Expected value of $0.66 per $1 is about average, a typical return for a ticket at this price.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $20,000 | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| $500 | 18 | 0 | Claimed |
| $200 | 48 | 8 | 17% |
| $100 | 4,892 | 566 | 12% |
| $50 | 2,440 | 305 | 13% |
| $40 | 7,343 | 911 | 12% |
| $25 | 14,679 | 1,885 | 13% |
| $20 | 14,672 | 1,958 | 13% |
| $10 | 44,030 | 6,057 | 14% |
| $5 | 73,367 | 10,664 | 15% |
| $4 | 176,106 | 26,633 | 15% |
| $2 | 352,212 | 56,887 | 16% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 2 $20,000 top prizes left on March 6, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for Virginia's $2 games (0.6% 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
Game Details
- State
- Virginia
- Game Number
- 2323
- Ticket Price
- $2
- Start Date
- 1/7/2025
- Payout %
- 65.8%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/9/2026
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Every $2 ticket in Virginia
All 11 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAUNTED HUNDREDS | 58 | 1 in 4.35 | 66.0% | $100 · 4,998 | - |
| 5X THE MONEY | 52 | 1 in 4.53 | 64.1% | $20K · 5 | 1.4% |
| Rollin Riches | 35 | 1 in 4.26 | 66.0% | $20K · 0 | 1.6% |
| Lucky Spot | 32 | 1 in 4.34 | 64.6% | $20K · 2 | 0.0% |
| WIN WIN WIN | 31 | 1 in 4.03 | 65.3% | $15K · 1 | 0.6% |
| Loaded with $100s | 26 | 1 in 4.32 | 66.1% | $100 · 931 | 1.2% |
| SHAMROCK 7S | 26 | 1 in 4.15 | 65.3% | $20K · 0 | 0.1% |
| Year of the Snake (this game) | 26 | 1 in 4.25 | 65.8% | $20K · 2 | 0.0% |
| VIRGINIA ADVENTURE | 26 | 1 in 4.50 | 64.9% | $20K · 2 | 0.2% |
| Pirates Treasure | 26 | 1 in 5.63 | 63.5% | $20K · 2 | 0.4% |
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.