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Poor valueActiveCELEBRATE 40 2X · $1 · West Virginia Lottery
CELEBRATE 40 2X: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.55 on average.
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $1 WV games
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $1 WV games
CELEBRATE 40 2X is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 55.0%, down 7.0 percentage points from the launch value of 62.0%. 1 of the original 4 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 81% of the 1.6M printed tickets have been sold.
55.0%
expected return
1 in 4.94
odds of any win
1 of 4
$5K top prizes left
81%
claimed · 1.3M of 1.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 76,476 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $1
$2 – $50, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 299,435 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.55 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $50
$0.54 · 53.7% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.01 · 1.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $50 wins
76,475 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
81% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
1.6M
tickets printed
1.3M
tickets claimed · 81%
299k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
19%
25% of top prizes remain with only 19% 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 $1 WV peers
#6 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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