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Average valueActiveSMORE - FROGGY CROSSWORD · $5 · West Virginia Lottery
SMORE - FROGGY CROSSWORD: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.53 on average.
▲ +2.8 pts vs launch#1 of 17 · $5 WV games
▲ +2.8 pts vs launch#1 of 17 · $5 WV games
SMORE - FROGGY CROSSWORD is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.6%, up 2.8 percentage points from the launch value of 67.8%. 2 of the original 3 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 80% of the 1.3M printed tickets have been sold.
70.6%
expected return
1 in 4.12
odds of any win
2 of 3
$50K top prizes left
80%
claimed · 1M of 1.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 61,422 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 36,164 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.53 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.14 · 62.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.39 · 7.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
61,420 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
80% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2025.
1.3M
tickets printed
1M
tickets claimed · 80%
253k
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
20%
67% of top prizes remain with only 20% 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
#1 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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