Tis The Season
Virginia· scanned 105d ago
EV / Dollar
0.61
USA percentile
24th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
1
% sold-through
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2026-07-22
Forecast sellout
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18+ only. For entertainment purposes — not financial advice. Scratch-offs have a negative expected return on average. 1-800-GAMBLER if you need help.
Tis The Season is a $2 scratch-off game from the Virginia lottery (game #2371). As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize remains unclaimed, as published by the Virginia lottery. Our models put its expected value at 0.61 per dollar, returning about $0.61 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 8 of 11 $2 games on sale in Virginia.
THE THESIS
At 0.61 EV/$, this game ranks 8 of 11 same-price games on sale in Virginia (median 0.61).
- 1.20% of $15,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Ranks in the 24th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
10 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $993,433 — 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 tiersNo claim activity data available.
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
Tis The Season: prizes, value and pace
As of July 22, 2026, 1 of the 5 $15,000 top prizes is still unclaimed; across the 10 prize levels the lottery reports, 190,733 of 689,342 prizes (28%) remain; the thinnest level is $500, with 18% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $2 ticket returns about $1.22 on average (0.61 per dollar), which ranks 8 of 11 $2 games on sale in Virginia, level with the $2 median of 0.61. Among every Virginia game with a computable value it is 88 of 111; nationally it sits in the 24th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Figures come from the prize data the Virginia lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the July 22, 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.