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Weak valueActivePICKLE-GRAFFITI-BOW WOW-JALAPENO KENO · $5 · West Virginia Lottery
PICKLE-GRAFFITI-BOW WOW-JALAPENO KENO: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.37 on average.
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#9 of 18 · $5 WV games
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#9 of 18 · $5 WV games
PICKLE-GRAFFITI-BOW WOW-JALAPENO KENO is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.4%, down 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 68.2%. 2 of the original 3 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 18% of the 1.2M printed tickets have been sold.
67.4%
expected return
1 in 4.24
odds of any win
2 of 3
$50K top prizes left
18%
claimed · 217k of 1.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 244,797 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 7,120 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
$3.23 · 64.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.14 · 2.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
244,766 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
18% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
1.2M
tickets printed
217k
tickets claimed · 18%
983k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
82%
67% of top prizes remain with 82% 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 18
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
SMORE - FROGGY CROSSWORD
70.6%
2
POWER LINES
68.6%
3
MOTHMAN FORTUNE-MERRY LITTLE CRYPTIDS
68.4%
4
$$50,000 JUMBO CASH
68.2%
5
COCKY-ENCOUNTERS CROSSWORD
68.2%
6
TACO - BREW MATCH
68.0%
7
I CAN'T EVEN 5
68.0%
8
CELEBRATE 40 5X
67.6%
9
PICKLE-GRAFFITI-BOW WOW-JALAPENO KENO
67.4%
10
BIG 7s - JUNGLE-LEGENDARY-RUST-INFINITE
67.2%
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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