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Weak valueActiveCELEBRATE 40 5X · $5 · West Virginia Lottery
CELEBRATE 40 5X: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.38 on average.
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#8 of 18 · $5 WV games
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#8 of 18 · $5 WV games
CELEBRATE 40 5X is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.6%, down 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 1 of the original 3 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 75% of the 1.1M printed tickets have been sold.
67.6%
expected return
1 in 4.29
odds of any win
1 of 3
$50K top prizes left
75%
claimed · 837k of 1.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 76,971 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 141,708 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.38 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.23 · 64.6% of price
Mid prizes $50K
$0.15 · 3.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
76,970 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
75% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
1.1M
tickets printed
837k
tickets claimed · 75%
283k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
25%
33% of top prizes remain with only 25% 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 $5 WV peers
#8 of 18
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
SMORE - FROGGY CROSSWORD
70.6%
2
POWER LINES
68.6%
3
MOTHMAN FORTUNE-MERRY LITTLE CRYPTIDS
68.4%
4
$$50,000 JUMBO CASH
68.2%
5
COCKY-ENCOUNTERS CROSSWORD
68.2%
6
TACO - BREW MATCH
68.0%
7
I CAN'T EVEN 5
68.0%
8
CELEBRATE 40 5X
67.6%
9
PICKLE-GRAFFITI-BOW WOW-JALAPENO KENO
67.4%
10
BIG 7s - JUNGLE-LEGENDARY-RUST-INFINITE
67.2%
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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