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Poor valueActiveCELEBRATE 40 3X · $2 · West Virginia Lottery
CELEBRATE 40 3X: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.12 on average.
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $2 WV games
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $2 WV games
CELEBRATE 40 3X is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 56.0%, down 7.0 percentage points from the launch value of 63.0%. 1 of the original 4 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 67% of the 1.6M printed tickets have been sold.
56.0%
expected return
1 in 4.67
odds of any win
1 of 4
$20K top prizes left
67%
claimed · 1.1M of 1.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 102,927 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 533,328 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.12 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$1.08 · 54.1% of price
Mid prizes $20K
$0.04 · 1.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
102,926 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
67% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
1.6M
tickets printed
1.1M
tickets claimed · 67%
533k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
33%
25% of top prizes remain with 33% 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
#6 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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