WV · #1203 · $5

DARK WOODS TROVE

West Virginia· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.66

USA percentile

47th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$30,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-05

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.

DARK WOODS TROVE is a $5 scratch-off game from the West Virginia (game #1203). As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $30 remains unclaimed, as published by the West Virginia. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.51. Our models put its expected value at 0.66 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.66 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.66 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.25% of $30,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 47th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

9 tiers · % remaining
$30K
1/4
25%
$500
25/133
$200
78/457
$100
152/933
$50
1.3K/7.3K
$25
4.0K/22.7K
$15
5.2K/29.3K
$10
7.5K/40.7K
$5
11.6K/58.9K

Total unclaimed prize value: $446,390 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 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 · 47th
USA: 47th percentileWV: 39th 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

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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