COOL CASH- WINNING ERA — $20 West Virginia scratch-off ticket
WV · #1257 · $20

COOL CASH- WINNING ERA

West Virginia· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.71

USA percentile

69th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

3

$50,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

18+ only. For entertainment purposes — not financial advice. Scratch-offs have a negative expected return on average. 1-800-GAMBLER if you need help.

COOL CASH- WINNING ERA is a $20 scratch-off game from the West Virginia (game #1257). As of the most recent daily scan, 3 top prizes of $50 remain unclaimed, as published by the West Virginia. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.88. Our models put its expected value at 0.71 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.71 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.71 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.100% of $50,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 69th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

8 tiers · % remaining
$50K
3/3
100%
$5K
5/6
$500
317/415
$200
4.8K/6.3K
$100
10.5K/13.6K
$50
15.8K/20.5K
$40
18.4K/23.8K
$20
31.5K/40.8K

Total unclaimed prize value: $4.51M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,082 active games

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.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
WV median0.68 EV/$
YOU · 69th
USA: 69th percentileWV: 83th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Not enough historical data to render chart.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +5%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — WV field

126 games · break-even highlighted
$0$8$16$24$320.000.250.500.89YOU

No other active WV games currently clear break-even.

Top-prize claim cadence · the roll

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.

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