
West Virginia· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.68
USA percentile
54th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
1
$50,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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CELEBRATE 40 5X is a $5 scratch-off game from the West Virginia lottery (game #1247). As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $50,000 remains unclaimed, as published by the West Virginia lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.29. Our models put its expected value at 0.68 per dollar, returning about $0.68 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 13 of 42 $5 games on sale in West Virginia.
THE THESIS
At 0.68 EV/$, this game ranks 13 of 42 same-price games on sale in West Virginia (median 0.67).
Total unclaimed prize value: $810,130 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
Where this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active WV games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.
Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.
No other active WV games currently clear break-even.
Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.
States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.
ABOUT THIS GAME
As of November 4, 2026, 1 of the 3 $50,000 top prizes is still unclaimed; across the 9 prize levels the lottery reports, 55,670 of 271,979 prizes (20%) remain; every $500 prize has already been claimed.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $3.39 on average (0.68 per dollar), which ranks 13 of 42 $5 games on sale in West Virginia, above the $5 median of 0.67. Among every West Virginia game with a computable value it is 60 of 127; nationally it sits in the 54th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 15,085 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize.
Figures come from the prize data the West Virginia lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the November 4, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
SIMILAR PLAYS IN WV
Same state · same price tier · similar EV signal
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