Bits & Odds

Double The Money — $5 Virginia Scratcher #2415

Data captured · launched August 4, 2026

Double The Money (#2415) is a $5 Virginia scratcher launched on August 4, 2026. As of November 6, 2026 it ranks #39 of 62 active games on current payout (68.1%, $3.41 expected back per ticket) and #8 of 17 $5 games, #52 on any-prize odds (1 in 5.02) and #29 on top-prize odds (1 in 711,958). Since launch the payout has fallen 1.2 points (69.3% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 2.3% (1 in 4.91 at launch). 2 of 3 top prizes of $100,000 remain, and we estimate 1,423,916 tickets are still unsold (47.1% sold). That is below average for Virginia; the Virginia ranking lists show better payouts, including at $5.

Current payout
68.1%
69.3% at launch
Expected value
$3.41
per $5 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 5.02
1 in 4.91 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 5.02
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 5.02
win more than $5
$600+ odds
1 in 355,979
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
2 of 3
$100,000 each
Tickets remaining
52.9%
≈ 1,423,916 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Double The Money, 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, 283,431 of 547,700 prizes (51.7%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$100,000 1 in 896,402 1 in 711,958 3 1 2 66.7%
$2,000 1 in 672,302 1 in 711,958 4 2 2 50.0%
$500 1 in 4,889 1 in 5,085 550 270 280 50.9%
$200 1 in 2,447 1 in 2,485 1,099 526 573 52.1%
$100 1 in 597.6 1 in 614.8 4,500 2,184 2,316 51.5%
$50 1 in 133.2 1 in 139.4 20,182 9,968 10,214 50.6%
$25 1 in 40.1 1 in 41.4 67,138 32,720 34,418 51.3%
$20 1 in 32.0 1 in 32.8 84,161 40,786 43,375 51.5%
$10 1 in 7.27 1 in 7.41 370,063 177,812 192,251 52.0%
All prizes1 in 4.911 in 5.02 547,700264,269 283,43151.7%

How Double The Money has moved

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Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Double The Money. 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.

Double The Money: common questions

How many $100,000 prizes are left in Double The Money?
2 of 3 as of November 6, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 711,958.
What are the odds of winning anything on Double The Money?
1 in 5.02 as of November 6, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.91 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 5.02, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 5.02.
Is Double The Money worth buying?
Its current payout is 68.1% ($3.41 back per $5 ticket), rank #39 of 62 in Virginia. The best $5 alternative as of November 6, 2026 is CLUE (#2342, $5) at 69.9%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Double The Money tickets are left?
We estimate 1,423,916 of roughly 2,689,207 printed tickets are unsold (47.1% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Double The Money launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on August 4, 2026. It is still on sale.

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