Year of the Snake — $2 Virginia Scratcher #2323
Year of the Snake (#2323) was a $2 Virginia scratcher launched on January 7, 2025. Its final figures, from September 21, 2026, were 56.8% payout ($1.14 expected back per ticket), 1 in 4.74 for any prize and 1 in 251,150 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has fallen 9.0 points (65.8% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 10.4% (1 in 4.25 at launch). 2 of 3 top prizes of $20,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 82.9% of its tickets had sold. Year of the Snake is no longer on sale in Virginia; the figures below are final as of September 21, 2026.
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in Year of the Snake, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. Across all tiers, 105,925 of 689,810 prizes (15.4%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20,000 | 1 in 977,231 | 1 in 251,150 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 66.7% |
| $500 | 1 in 162,872 | all claimed | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0.0% |
| $200 | 1 in 61,077 | 1 in 62,788 | 48 | 40 | 8 | 16.7% |
| $100 | 1 in 599.3 | 1 in 887.5 | 4,892 | 4,326 | 566 | 11.6% |
| $50 | 1 in 1,202 | 1 in 1,647 | 2,440 | 2,135 | 305 | 12.5% |
| $40 | 1 in 399.2 | 1 in 551.4 | 7,343 | 6,432 | 911 | 12.4% |
| $25 | 1 in 199.7 | 1 in 266.5 | 14,679 | 12,794 | 1,885 | 12.8% |
| $20 | 1 in 199.8 | 1 in 256.4 | 14,672 | 12,713 | 1,959 | 13.4% |
| $10 | 1 in 66.6 | 1 in 82.9 | 44,030 | 37,970 | 6,060 | 13.8% |
| $5 | 1 in 40.0 | 1 in 47.1 | 73,367 | 62,693 | 10,674 | 14.5% |
| $4 | 1 in 16.6 | 1 in 18.9 | 176,106 | 149,466 | 26,640 | 15.1% |
| $2 | 1 in 8.32 | 1 in 8.83 | 352,212 | 295,297 | 56,915 | 16.2% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.25 | 1 in 4.74 | 689,810 | 583,885 | 105,925 | 15.4% |
How Year of the Snake has moved
Year of the Snake: common questions
- How many $20,000 prizes are left in Year of the Snake?
- 2 of 3 as of September 21, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 251,150.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Year of the Snake?
- 1 in 4.74 today, compared with 1 in 4.25 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.74, and the odds of winning more than the $2 ticket price are 1 in 10.2.
- Is Year of the Snake worth buying?
- Its current payout is 56.8% ($1.14 back per $2 ticket), rank #— of 63 in Virginia. The best $2 alternative today is Loaded with $100s (#2397, $2) at 67.0%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Year of the Snake tickets are left?
- We estimate 502,301 of roughly 2,931,693 printed tickets are unsold (82.9% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Year of the Snake launch and is it still on sale?
- It launched on January 7, 2025. Sales have ended.
Other $2 Virginia scratchers
- Loaded with $100s — 67.0% payout, 1 in 3.88 any prize
- 5X THE MONEY — 63.6% payout, 1 in 4.56 any prize
- Money Match — 63.3% payout, 1 in 6.75 any prize
- WIN WIN WIN — 61.7% payout, 1 in 4.02 any prize
- Pirates Treasure — 59.5% payout, 1 in 5.84 any prize