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Weak valueActiveMONEY MONEY MONEY - IN THE GREEN · $5 · West Virginia Lottery
MONEY MONEY MONEY - IN THE GREEN: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.37 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#9 of 14 · $5 WV gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:43 AM
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#9 of 14 · $5 WV gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:43 AM
MONEY MONEY MONEY - IN THE GREEN is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.4%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 67.4%. 4 of the original 4 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 26% of the 0.8M printed tickets have been sold.
67.4%
expected return
1 in 4.46
odds of any win
4 of 4
$10K top prizes left
26%
claimed · 208k of 800k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 134,496 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 5,690 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.37 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.30 · 66.1% of price
Mid prizes $10K
$0.07 · 1.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
134,492 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% 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, Mar 2026.
800k
tickets printed
208k
tickets claimed · 26%
592k
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
74%
100% 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
#9 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:43 AM.
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