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Weak valueActiveGEMS & BLOCKS - WV POP! · $5 · West Virginia Lottery
GEMS & BLOCKS - WV POP!: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.27 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#15 of 16 · $5 WV gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:43 PM
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#15 of 16 · $5 WV gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:43 PM
GEMS & BLOCKS - WV POP! is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.4%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 65.4%. 3 of the original 3 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 0% of the 0.7M printed tickets have been sold.
65.4%
expected return
1 in 4.58
odds of any win
3 of 3
$25K top prizes left
0%
claimed · 2k of 720k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 150,535 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,710 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.27 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.17 · 63.3% of price
Mid prizes $25K
$0.10 · 2.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
150,532 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
0% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
720k
tickets printed
2k
tickets claimed · 0%
718k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
100%
100% of top prizes remain with only 100% 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
#15 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
SMORE - FROGGY CROSSWORD
70.4%
2
CELEBRATE 40 5X
69.0%
3
POWER LINES
68.6%
4
$$50,000 JUMBO CASH
68.2%
5
PICKLE-GRAFFITI-BOW WOW-JALAPENO KENO
68.2%
6
TACO - BREW MATCH
68.0%
7
COCKY-ENCOUNTERS CROSSWORD
67.8%
8
BIG 7s - JUNGLE-LEGENDARY-RUST-INFINITE
67.6%
9
BLACKJACK - WILD CARD
67.6%
10
MONEY MONEY MONEY - IN THE GREEN
67.4%
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:43 PM.
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