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Poor valueActiveCELEBRATE 40 3X · $2 · West Virginia Lottery
CELEBRATE 40 3X: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.17 on average.
▼ -4.5 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $2 WV games
▼ -4.5 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $2 WV games
CELEBRATE 40 3X is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.5%, down 4.5 percentage points from the launch value of 63.0%. 2 of the original 4 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 61% of the 1.6M printed tickets have been sold.
58.5%
expected return
1 in 4.67
odds of any win
2 of 4
$20K top prizes left
61%
claimed · 994k of 1.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 122,704 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 312,844 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.17 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$1.11 · 55.3% of price
Mid prizes $20K
$0.06 · 3.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
122,702 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
61% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
1.6M
tickets printed
994k
tickets claimed · 61%
626k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
39%
50% of top prizes remain with only 39% 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
#5 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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