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Average valueActiveCOOL CASH- WINNING ERA · $20 · West Virginia Lottery
COOL CASH- WINNING ERA: Average value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.13 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#9 of 9 · $20 WV games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#9 of 9 · $20 WV games
COOL CASH- WINNING ERA is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.7%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 70.9%. 2 of the original 3 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 28% of the 0.4M printed tickets have been sold.
70.7%
expected return
1 in 3.88
odds of any win
2 of 3
$50K top prizes left
28%
claimed · 109k of 390k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 77,221 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $20
$40 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 915 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.13 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.71 · 68.6% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $50K
$0.42 · 2.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
77,214 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
28% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
390k
tickets printed
109k
tickets claimed · 28%
281k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
72%
67% of top prizes remain with 72% 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
#9 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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