
West Virginia· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.70
USA percentile
63th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
1825
$500 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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DOGGIE-POOL-CAT-CASH is a $10 scratch-off game from the West Virginia lottery (game #1273). As of the most recent daily scan, 1825 top prizes of $500 remain unclaimed, as published by the West Virginia lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.08. Our models put its expected value at 0.70 per dollar, returning about $0.70 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 17 of 27 $10 games on sale in West Virginia.
THE THESIS
At 0.70 EV/$, this game ranks 17 of 27 same-price games on sale in West Virginia (median 0.70).
Total unclaimed prize value: $3.04M — 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, 1825 of the 3,016 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 7 prize levels the lottery reports, 106,584 of 174,950 prizes (61%) remain.
At current prize levels a $10 ticket returns about $6.99 on average (0.70 per dollar), which ranks 17 of 27 $10 games on sale in West Virginia, level with the $10 median of 0.70. Among every West Virginia game with a computable value it is 41 of 127; nationally it sits in the 63th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 1,409 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 23 top prizes.
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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