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Average valueActiveLADY LUCK · $10 · West Virginia Lottery
LADY LUCK: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.03 on average.
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#6 of 13 · $10 WV games
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#6 of 13 · $10 WV games
LADY LUCK is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.3%, down 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 70.4%. 20 of the original 36 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 43% of the 1.0M printed tickets have been sold.
70.3%
expected return
1 in 5.65
odds of any win
20 of 36
$5K top prizes left
43%
claimed · 412k of 960k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 97,406 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
82 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,133 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.03 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$6.85 · 68.5% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.18 · 1.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
97,386 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
43% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
960k
tickets printed
412k
tickets claimed · 43%
548k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
56%
Tickets left
57%
56% of top prizes remain with 57% 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 $10 WV peers
#6 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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