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Average valueActiveTHE CASH GAME - GO BIG MONEY · $10 · West Virginia Lottery
THE CASH GAME - GO BIG MONEY: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.96 on average.
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#10 of 14 · $10 WV games
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#10 of 14 · $10 WV games
THE CASH GAME - GO BIG MONEY is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.6%, down 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 69.9%. 2 of the original 3 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 27% of the 0.6M printed tickets have been sold.
69.6%
expected return
1 in 3.99
odds of any win
2 of 3
$50K top prizes left
27%
claimed · 161k of 600k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 115,903 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $10
$25 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 4,350 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.96 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.65 · 66.5% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $50K
$0.31 · 3.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
115,892 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
27% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
600k
tickets printed
161k
tickets claimed · 27%
439k
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
73%
67% of top prizes remain with 73% 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 $10 WV peers
#10 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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