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Weak valueActiveTACO - BREW MATCH · $5 · West Virginia Lottery
TACO - BREW MATCH: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.39 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#5 of 14 · $5 WV gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:43 AM
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#5 of 14 · $5 WV gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:43 AM
TACO - BREW MATCH is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.8%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 3 of the original 4 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 24% of the 0.7M printed tickets have been sold.
67.8%
expected return
1 in 4.31
odds of any win
3 of 4
$20K top prizes left
24%
claimed · 174k of 720k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 134,464 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
11 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 15,160 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.39 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.27 · 65.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.12 · 2.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
134,454 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
24% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
720k
tickets printed
174k
tickets claimed · 24%
546k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
76%
75% of top prizes remain with 76% 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
#5 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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