Loaded with $250s
Virginia· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.60
USA percentile
20th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
281
$250 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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Loaded with $250s is a $5 scratch-off game from the Virginia lottery (game #2392). As of the most recent daily scan, 281 top prizes of $250 remain unclaimed, as published by the Virginia lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.08. Our models put its expected value at 0.60 per dollar, returning about $0.60 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 20 of 20 $5 games on sale in Virginia.
THE THESIS
At 0.60 EV/$, this game ranks 20 of 20 same-price games on sale in Virginia (median 0.68).
- 1.3% of $250 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Ranks in the 20th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
7 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $481,435 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,201 active gamesWhere this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active VA games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.
Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining
historical + P50 projectionClaim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersTrailing 7-day claim rate 22% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
Price vs EV — VA field
148 games · break-even highlighted2 other VA games above break-even at this time.
Top-prize claim cadence · the roll
Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.
States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.
ABOUT THIS GAME
Loaded with $250s: prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, 281 of the 8,155 $250 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 7 prize levels the lottery reports, 39,403 of 749,512 prizes (5%) remain; the thinnest level is $250, with 3% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $2.99 on average (0.60 per dollar), which ranks 20 of 20 $5 games on sale in Virginia, below the $5 median of 0.68. Among every Virginia game with a computable value it is 92 of 111; nationally it sits in the 20th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 1,442 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 10 top prizes.
Figures come from the prize data the Virginia lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the November 4, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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Know when this one turns
We alert you the day a VA game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.