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Weak valueActiveI CAN'T EVEN 5 · $5 · West Virginia Lottery
I CAN'T EVEN 5: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.39 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#7 of 18 · $5 WV games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#7 of 18 · $5 WV games
I CAN'T EVEN 5 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.8%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 3 of the original 4 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 26% of the 0.6M printed tickets have been sold.
67.8%
expected return
1 in 4.24
odds of any win
3 of 4
$5K top prizes left
26%
claimed · 146k of 560k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 100,464 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 8,992 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.39 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.35 · 67.1% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.04 · 0.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
100,461 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
26% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
560k
tickets printed
146k
tickets claimed · 26%
414k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
74%
75% of top prizes remain with only 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
#7 of 18
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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