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Poor valueActiveTHREE - LAMA - BUG - HOT · $1 · West Virginia Lottery
THREE - LAMA - BUG - HOT: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.58 on average.
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $1 WV gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $1 WV gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
THREE - LAMA - BUG - HOT is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.0%, down 3.0 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 7 of the original 20 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 65% of the 1.9M printed tickets have been sold.
58.0%
expected return
1 in 5.3
odds of any win
7 of 20
$500 top prizes left
65%
claimed · 1.2M of 1.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 139,176 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $1
$2 – $50, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 95,877 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.58 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.58 · 58.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
139,176 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
65% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
1.9M
tickets printed
1.2M
tickets claimed · 65%
671k
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
35%
Tickets left
35%
35% of top prizes remain with only 35% 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 $1 WV peers
#5 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
CASH-BEE-HOT-BEN
61.0%
2
SHARK-CLUCK-WILD-HOPPY
61.0%
3
CELEBRATE 40 2X
60.0%
4
SPIN-LUCKY-CHERRIES-HAND
60.0%
5
THREE - LAMA - BUG - HOT
58.0%
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 15, 2026.
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