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Weak valueActiveGEMS & BLOCKS - WV POP! · $5 · West Virginia Lottery
GEMS & BLOCKS - WV POP!: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.20 on average.
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#17 of 18 · $5 WV games
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#17 of 18 · $5 WV games
GEMS & BLOCKS - WV POP! is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.0%, down 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 65.4%. 2 of the original 3 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 26% of the 0.7M printed tickets have been sold.
64.0%
expected return
1 in 4.58
odds of any win
2 of 3
$25K top prizes left
26%
claimed · 190k of 720k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 109,372 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 1,720 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.20 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.11 · 62.1% of price
Mid prizes $25K
$0.09 · 1.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
109,370 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
26% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
720k
tickets printed
190k
tickets claimed · 26%
530k
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
74%
67% of top prizes remain with 74% 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
#17 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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