The current odds of winning any prize on Bursting with $5,000s are 1 in 3.76 (26.62%), recalculated from the prizes still unclaimed. That covers every prize, from the smallest up to the $5,000 top prize.

Yes. 1739 of the 2684 $5,000 top prizes have been claimed, and 945 are still unclaimed, as of Oct 9, 2026. We estimate about 35% of the game's 1,217,452 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. Bursting with $5,000s is on sale at Virginia Lottery retailers, and the lottery hasn’t announced an end date.

Among the 7 $30 Virginia scratchers on sale, Bursting with $5,000s ranks #5 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 3.76 tickets winning at least the $30 ticket price back. Right now the $30 game with the best odds of breaking even is 100X The Money, where 1 in 2.83 tickets wins at least $30 back.

Bursting with $5,000s has 7 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $5,000 at 1 in 449 (945 of 2,684 left); $500+ at 1 in 368 (207 of 609 left); $200+ at 1 in 111 (2,662 of 7,657 left); $150+ at 1 in 87.6 (1,030 of 3,056 left); $100+ at 1 in 34.1 (7,585 of 21,862 left); $50+ at 1 in 8.6 (36,869 of 106,318 left); $30+ at 1 in 3.76 (63,606 of 182,468 left).

The odds of winning at least your $30 back on one Bursting with $5,000s ticket are 1 in 3.76 (26.62%). The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 8.6 (11.62%).

Bursting with $5,000s costs $30 per ticket. It is sold at authorized Virginia Lottery retailers throughout the state.

Yes — Virginia scratchers and Virginia scratch-offs are the same thing: a paper lottery ticket you scratch to reveal whether it wins. The Virginia Lottery lists them under "Scratchers" on its own site. "Scratchers" is simply what most players in Virginia call them, while "scratch-off" and "scratch ticket" are the terms used in other states. Every game ranked on this page is the same physical ticket, whichever name you use for it.

Bursting with $5,000s, a $30 Virginia scratcher, was released on Sep 3, 2024 by the Virginia Lottery.