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 October 14, 2026, were 56.8% payout ($1.14 expected back per ticket), 1 in 4.74 for any prize and 1 in 251,097 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 October 14, 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. 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, 105,867 of 689,810 prizes (15.3%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20,000 | 1 in 977,231 | 1 in 251,097 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 66.7% |
| $500 | 1 in 162,872 | all claimed | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0.0% |
| $200 | 1 in 61,077 | 1 in 62,774 | 48 | 40 | 8 | 16.7% |
| $100 | 1 in 599.3 | 1 in 887.3 | 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 551.3 | 7,343 | 6,432 | 911 | 12.4% |
| $25 | 1 in 199.7 | 1 in 266.4 | 14,679 | 12,794 | 1,885 | 12.8% |
| $20 | 1 in 199.8 | 1 in 256.5 | 14,672 | 12,714 | 1,958 | 13.3% |
| $10 | 1 in 66.6 | 1 in 82.9 | 44,030 | 37,973 | 6,057 | 13.8% |
| $5 | 1 in 40.0 | 1 in 47.1 | 73,367 | 62,704 | 10,663 | 14.5% |
| $4 | 1 in 16.6 | 1 in 18.9 | 176,106 | 149,476 | 26,630 | 15.1% |
| $2 | 1 in 8.32 | 1 in 8.83 | 352,212 | 295,330 | 56,882 | 16.1% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.25 | 1 in 4.74 | 689,810 | 583,943 | 105,867 | 15.3% |
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 November 6, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 251,097.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Year of the Snake?
- 1 in 4.74 as of November 6, 2026, 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 10.3.
- Is Year of the Snake worth buying?
- Its current payout is 56.8% ($1.14 back per $2 ticket), rank #— of 62 in Virginia. The best $2 alternative as of November 6, 2026 is HAUNTED HUNDREDS (#2426, $2) at 67.1%. 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 502,194 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. It has ended.
Other $2 Virginia scratchers
- HAUNTED HUNDREDS — 67.1% payout, 1 in 4.12 any prize
- PEPPERMINT PAYOUT — 66.4% payout, 1 in 4.33 any prize
- 5X THE MONEY — 62.9% payout, 1 in 4.61 any prize
- Money Match — 61.8% payout, 1 in 6.91 any prize
- Pirates Treasure — 59.0% payout, 1 in 5.87 any prize