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Weak valueActiveWILD SIDE - POWER $500 · $5 · West Virginia Lottery
WILD SIDE - POWER $500: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.34 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#13 of 18 · $5 WV games
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#13 of 18 · $5 WV games
WILD SIDE - POWER $500 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.8%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 67.8%. 151 of the original 508 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 72% of the 0.7M printed tickets have been sold.
66.8%
expected return
1 in 4.75
odds of any win
151 of 508
$500 top prizes left
72%
claimed · 520k of 720k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 44,833 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,323 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.34 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.34 · 66.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
44,833 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
72% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
720k
tickets printed
520k
tickets claimed · 72%
200k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
30%
Tickets left
28%
30% of top prizes remain with only 28% 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
#13 of 18
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
SMORE - FROGGY CROSSWORD
70.6%
2
POWER LINES
68.6%
3
MOTHMAN FORTUNE-MERRY LITTLE CRYPTIDS
68.4%
4
$$50,000 JUMBO CASH
68.2%
5
COCKY-ENCOUNTERS CROSSWORD
68.2%
6
TACO - BREW MATCH
68.0%
7
I CAN'T EVEN 5
68.0%
8
CELEBRATE 40 5X
67.6%
9
PICKLE-GRAFFITI-BOW WOW-JALAPENO KENO
67.4%
10
BIG 7s - JUNGLE-LEGENDARY-RUST-INFINITE
67.2%
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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