SET FOR LIFE costs $50 a ticket from the Virginia Lottery. Its overall odds of 1 in 3.70 beat the 1 in 4.21 typical of Virginia's $50 games. The $6,000,000 top prize is an annuity: $200,000/yr for 30 yrs or $3,114,000 cash.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 816K at launch, about 1 in 1.1M now. The $6,000,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- At 1 in 3.70 overall odds, prizes land more often than in most games.
- Inventory is about half depleted, but a fair number of prizes are still out there.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $6,000,000 ($200,000/yr for 30 yrs or $3,114,000 cash) | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| $100,000 | 6 | 2 | 33% |
| $50,000 | 9 | 3 | 33% |
| $10,000 | 12 | 6 | 50% |
| $5,000 | 204 | 101 | 50% |
| $2,000 | 8,597 | 3,847 | 45% |
| $500 | 30,629 | 13,086 | 43% |
| $200 | 40,812 | 17,535 | 43% |
| $100 | 336,550 | 144,348 | 43% |
| $50 | 244,756 | 105,407 | 43% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 2 $6,000,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on August 19.
- August 19, 20261 claimed · 1 left
- March 30, 20261 claimed · 2 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1% 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
- 2368
- Ticket Price
- $50
- Start Date
- 1/6/2026
- Payout %
- 80.1%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/9/2026
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Every $50 ticket in Virginia
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PREMIER PLAY | 82 | 1 in 4.88 | 80.1% | $3M · 3 | - |
| SET FOR LIFE (this game) | 71 | 1 in 3.70 | 80.1% | $6M · 1 | 1.0% |
| 500X THE MONEY | 65 | 1 in 3.39 | 79.4% | $7M · 1 | 0.4% |
| $1,000,000 GOLD RUSH | 64 | 1 in 3.55 | 80.7% | $1M · 1 | 0.5% |
| Cash Surge | 52 | 1 in 7.53 | 80.5% | $10K · 175 | - |
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.