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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 $3.36 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#11 of 17 · $5 WV games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#11 of 17 · $5 WV games
MONEY MONEY MONEY - IN THE GREEN is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.2%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 67.4%. 3 of the original 4 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 45% of the 0.8M printed tickets have been sold.
67.2%
expected return
1 in 4.46
odds of any win
3 of 4
$10K top prizes left
45%
claimed · 357k of 800k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 101,252 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 5,913 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.36 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.29 · 65.9% of price
Mid prizes $10K
$0.07 · 1.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
101,249 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
45% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
800k
tickets printed
357k
tickets claimed · 45%
443k
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
55%
75% of top prizes remain with only 55% 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
#11 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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