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Average valueActiveCELEBRATE 40 20X · $20 · West Virginia Lottery
CELEBRATE 40 20X: Average value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.31 on average.
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#3 of 9 · $20 WV games
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#3 of 9 · $20 WV games
CELEBRATE 40 20X is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.5%, down 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 72.4%. 1 of the original 3 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 66% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
71.5%
expected return
1 in 3.75
odds of any win
1 of 3
$100K top prizes left
66%
claimed · 355k of 540k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 53,775 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $20
$40 – $400, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 16,807 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.31 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $400
$13.60 · 68.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $100K
$0.71 · 3.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $400 wins
53,764 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
66% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
540k
tickets printed
355k
tickets claimed · 66%
185k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
34%
33% of top prizes remain with 34% 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 $20 WV peers
#3 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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