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Average valueActiveLION'S SHARE · $10 · West Virginia Lottery
LION'S SHARE: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.96 on average.
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#9 of 14 · $10 WV games
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#9 of 14 · $10 WV games
LION'S SHARE is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.6%, down 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 69.9%. 2 of the original 3 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 43% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
69.6%
expected return
1 in 3.86
odds of any win
2 of 3
$50K top prizes left
43%
claimed · 219k of 510k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 81,254 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $10
$20 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,597 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.96 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.56 · 65.6% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $50K
$0.40 · 4.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
81,247 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
43% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
510k
tickets printed
219k
tickets claimed · 43%
291k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
57%
67% of top prizes remain with only 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
#9 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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