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Average valueActivePOWER LINES · $5 · West Virginia Lottery
POWER LINES: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.43 on average.
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#3 of 14 · $5 WV gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:44 AM
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#3 of 14 · $5 WV gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:44 AM
POWER LINES is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.6%, up 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 2 of the original 3 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 49% of the 1.1M printed tickets have been sold.
68.6%
expected return
1 in 5.87
odds of any win
2 of 3
$25K top prizes left
49%
claimed · 539k of 1.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 97,434 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
83 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 5,893 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.43 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$3.29 · 65.8% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $25K
$0.14 · 2.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
97,420 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
49% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2024.
1.1M
tickets printed
539k
tickets claimed · 49%
572k
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
51%
67% of top prizes remain with only 51% 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
#3 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:44 AM.
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