Bits & Odds

Cash Surge — $50 Virginia Scratcher #2374

Data captured · launched August 5, 2025

Cash Surge (#2374) is a $50 Virginia scratcher launched on August 5, 2025. As of November 6, 2026 it ranks #11 of 62 active games on current payout (79.5%, $39.75 expected back per ticket) and #3 of 5 $50 games, #60 on any-prize odds (1 in 7.74) and #6 on top-prize odds (1 in 2,967). Since launch the payout has fallen 1.0 points (80.5% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 2.7% (1 in 7.53 at launch). 161 of 632 top prizes of $10,000 remain, and we estimate 477,607 tickets are still unsold (75.4% sold). That is a middle-of-the-pack game: fine to play, but the ranking lists show better value at the same price.

Current payout
79.5%
80.5% at launch
Expected value
$39.75
per $50 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 7.74
1 in 7.53 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 7.74
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 7.74
win more than $50
$600+ odds
1 in 77.7
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
161 of 632
$10,000 each
Tickets remaining
24.6%
≈ 477,607 tickets

Last top prize claimed: November 6, 2026, today.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Cash Surge, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. To set its odds of $1,000 or more (or any other prize size) against every other Virginia game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 61,743 of 257,329 prizes (24.0%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$10,000 1 in 3,066 1 in 2,967 632 471 161 25.5%
$2,000 1 in 399.0 1 in 382.7 4,856 3,608 1,248 25.7%
$600 1 in 99.9 1 in 100.8 19,405 14,666 4,739 24.4%
$300 1 in 50.1 1 in 52.1 38,693 29,531 9,162 23.7%
$200 1 in 10.0 1 in 10.3 193,743 147,310 46,433 24.0%
All prizes1 in 7.531 in 7.74 257,329195,586 61,74324.0%

How Cash Surge has moved

78% 80% 82% Sep 2026Oct 2026Nov 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Cash Surge. 47 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

Derived from day-to-day changes in the official remaining-prize counts, so the date is when the lottery published the change.

Cash Surge: common questions

How many $10,000 prizes are left in Cash Surge?
161 of 632 as of November 6, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,967.
What are the odds of winning anything on Cash Surge?
1 in 7.74 as of November 6, 2026, compared with 1 in 7.53 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 7.74, and the odds of winning more than the $50 ticket price are 1 in 7.74.
Is Cash Surge worth buying?
Its current payout is 79.5% ($39.75 back per $50 ticket), rank #11 of 62 in Virginia. The best $50 alternative as of November 6, 2026 is SET FOR LIFE (#2368, $50) at 86.1%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Cash Surge tickets are left?
We estimate 477,607 of roughly 1,937,687 printed tickets are unsold (75.4% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Cash Surge launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on August 5, 2025. It is still on sale.

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