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Weak valueActiveBUG - WAVE - ORANGE - HONEY 7s · $2 · West Virginia Lottery
BUG - WAVE - ORANGE - HONEY 7s: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.27 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $2 WV gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:43 AM
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $2 WV gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:43 AM
BUG - WAVE - ORANGE - HONEY 7s is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.5%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 6 of the original 7 $7,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 11% of the 2.6M printed tickets have been sold.
63.5%
expected return
1 in 4.87
odds of any win
6 of 7
$7K top prizes left
11%
claimed · 281k of 2.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 511,817 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $2
$3 – $177, an actual profit
4 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 49,150 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.27 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $777
$1.25 · 62.7% of price
Mid prizes $7K
$0.02 · 0.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $777 wins
511,811 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
11% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
2.6M
tickets printed
281k
tickets claimed · 11%
2.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
86%
Tickets left
89%
86% of top prizes remain with 89% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
West Virginia Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $2 WV peers
#3 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
KENO - Truck-Scoops-Green-Primo
65.0%
2
$$25,000 JUMBO CASH
65.0%
3
BUG - WAVE - ORANGE - HONEY 7s
63.5%
4
SEVENS 1199
62.5%
5
CELEBRATE 40 3X
61.0%
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:43 AM.
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