Virginia scratch-off statistics
76 active games · average odds 1 in 4.40 · 249 top prizes of $10,000+ unclaimed
Virginia market snapshot
Pulled from our catalog on September 23, 2026. Averages cover every active game, not a sample.
What Virginia charges, and what you get for it
Higher-priced tickets almost always carry better overall odds and a higher payout rate, because the prize pool scales faster than the ticket price. This table is the state's own catalog, grouped by price.
| Price | Games | Share of catalog | Avg overall odds | Avg prize payout | Avg ValueScore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0 tickets | 2 | 3% | 1 in 2.00 | - | 67.5 |
| $1 tickets | 13 | 17% | 1 in 4.89 | 61.7% | 25.6 |
| $2 tickets | 9 | 12% | 1 in 4.45 | 65.1% | 28.1 |
| $5 tickets | 21 | 28% | 1 in 4.22 | 69.1% | 42.3 |
| $10 tickets | 12 | 16% | 1 in 4.47 | 72.5% | 53.4 |
| $20 tickets | 10 | 13% | 1 in 4.48 | 75.4% | 62.1 |
| $30 tickets | 5 | 7% | 1 in 4.28 | 78.2% | 59.4 |
| $50 tickets | 4 | 5% | 1 in 4.54 | 80.2% | 64.6 |
Virginia lottery sales by fiscal year
Straight from the lottery's published annual reports. Per-resident figures divide instant sales by the state population from the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (Vintage 2025) (8,705,170 residents), so they count every resident rather than only adults or only players.
| Fiscal year | Instant sales | Total sales | Instant share | Per resident | To the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $1.28B | $5.77B | 22.1% | $147 | $901.5M |
| FY2024 | $1.31B | $5.52B | 23.8% | $151 | $934.1M |
| FY2023 | $1.28B | $4.61B | 27.8% | $147 | $867.4M |
| FY2022 | $1.33B | $3.75B | 35.3% | $152 | $779.6M |
| FY2021 | $1.30B | $3.26B | 40.0% | $150 | $766.7M |
| FY2020 | $1.17B | $2.15B | 54.3% | $134 | $595.4M |
| FY2019 | $1.22B | $2.29B | 53.3% | $140 | $649.7M |
Instant-game sales moved +4.6% across FY2019-FY2025. That figure is nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and part of any increase reflects higher-priced tickets rather than more tickets sold.
- Virginia Lottery FY2020 annual financial report (year ended June 30, 2020)
- Virginia Lottery FY2021 annual financial report (year ended June 30, 2021)
- Virginia Lottery FY2022 annual financial report (year ended June 30, 2022)
- Virginia Lottery FY2023 ACFR (year ended June 30, 2023)
- Virginia Lottery FY2024 ACFR (year ended June 30, 2024)
- Virginia Lottery FY2025 ACFR (year ended June 30, 2025)
- Virginia Lottery report to the Governor, June 2025 results (scratch sales)
Casino and sports-betting taxes are excluded throughout: Virginia collects those administratively and keeps them outside the lottery's financial statements. The transfer column sums the cash moved during the year and the residual owed to the Lottery Proceeds Fund, matching the lottery's own total-transfers line. Scratch sales for FY2019 and FY2020 are published only to the nearest $10,000, in a table denominated in millions. The FY2025 scratch figure is taken from the lottery's statutory report to the Governor, because the FY2025 report prints that table as an image; its total sales and profit figures match the audited statements exactly.
Virginia sales by game, FY2025
Every product line the Virginia lottery prints in its FY2025report, largest first within each group. Share is each line's part of the total across the lines shown here. Online play is booked differently by every lottery, so its accounting basis is printed beside the figure and it is not directly comparable to a retail line.
| Game | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Scratch-offsScratchers | $1.28B | 22.1% |
| In-state draw gamesDraw Games | $1.11B | 19.2% |
| Online / digitaliLottery Instants(gross wagers) | $3.38B | 58.6% |
| Total of lines shown | $5.77B | 100% |
Virginia publishes draw games as one line in this report; no per-game split.
The report does not state the basis; it is read as gross wagers because the same table books $3,022,767,772 of iLottery prize expense against this line, an 89.3% payout, which is only coherent for gross sales.
How fast Virginia top prizes get claimed
We snapshot every game's remaining prize counts daily, so we can show depletion rather than just the current number. This counts the drop in top prizes remaining each month across 52 tracked games whose top prize is $10,000 or more, 265 claimed in total over the window. No other site publishes this.
Top prizes claimed per month. A game that launched mid-window only contributes claims recorded after its first snapshot, so its opening month reads low.
ValueScore spread across Virginia
Our ValueScore™ rates each game 0-100 on expected value, prize quality, win frequency and remaining inventory. Scores are ranked within the state, so a 60 in Virginia means good relative to what else is on the shelf here.
See the ranked list on the Virginia ValueScore ranking, or compare against other states on the national stats page.
Common questions
How many scratch-off games does Virginia have?
Virginia currently has 76 active scratch-off games across 8 price points, from $0 to $50. 12 launched in the last 90 days.
What are the average odds on a Virginia scratch-off?
Across all 76 active games the average published overall odds are 1 in 4.40. The single best game right now is 1 in 2.00. Overall odds count every prize tier, including prizes equal to the ticket price.
How much unclaimed top-prize money is left in Virginia?
At least $41.9M in top prizes is still unclaimed across Virginia's active games, covering 249 individual top prizes. Treat that as a floor. We count only games whose top prize is $10,000 or more, only games whose lottery publishes a remaining count, and only the top tier of each game.
How much does Virginia sell in scratch-off tickets?
Virginia reported $1.3B in instant-game sales in FY2025, which is 22.1% of all lottery sales. That works out to $147 per resident. Figures come from Virginia Lottery FY2025 ACFR (year ended June 30, 2025).