
West Virginia· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.68
USA percentile
56th
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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LION'S SHARE is a $10 scratch-off game from the West Virginia lottery (game #1255). 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 3.86. Our models put its expected value at 0.68 per dollar, returning about $0.68 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 25 of 27 $10 games on sale in West Virginia.
THE THESIS
At 0.68 EV/$, this game ranks 25 of 27 same-price games on sale in West Virginia (median 0.70).
Total unclaimed prize value: $1.89M — 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 8 prize levels the lottery reports, 71,667 of 138,027 prizes (52%) remain; the thinnest level is $50,000, with 33% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $10 ticket returns about $6.83 on average (0.68 per dollar), which ranks 25 of 27 $10 games on sale in West Virginia, below the $10 median of 0.70. Among every West Virginia game with a computable value it is 54 of 127; nationally it sits in the 56th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 6,692 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 1 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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