GIMME $5K
West Virginia· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.64
USA percentile
40th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
0
$5,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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GIMME $5K is a $5 scratch-off game from the West Virginia lottery (game #1236). As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $5,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the West Virginia lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.38. Our models put its expected value at 0.64 per dollar, returning about $0.64 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 38 of 42 $5 games on sale in West Virginia.
THE THESIS
At 0.64 EV/$, this game ranks 38 of 42 same-price games on sale in West Virginia (median 0.67).
- 1.Ranks in the 40th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
8 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $188,070 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,201 active gamesWhere 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.
Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining
historical + P50 projectionClaim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersPrice vs EV — WV field
132 games · break-even highlightedNo 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.
ABOUT THIS GAME
GIMME $5K: prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, 0 of the 4 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 8 prize levels the lottery reports, 13,326 of 121,413 prizes (11%) remain; every $5,000 prize has already been claimed.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $3.22 on average (0.64 per dollar), which ranks 38 of 42 $5 games on sale in West Virginia, below the $5 median of 0.67. Among every West Virginia game with a computable value it is 89 of 127; nationally it sits in the 40th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
No claims were recorded on the reported prize levels over the last 30 days.
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.
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Know when this one turns
We alert you the day a WV game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.