
West Virginia· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.63
USA percentile
30th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
2
$5,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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QUEEN-SUITS-KING-CHERRY is a $2 scratch-off game from the West Virginia lottery (game #1217). As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $5,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the West Virginia lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.58. Our models put its expected value at 0.63 per dollar, returning about $0.63 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 9 of 16 $2 games on sale in West Virginia.
THE THESIS
At 0.63 EV/$, this game ranks 9 of 16 same-price games on sale in West Virginia (median 0.63).
Total unclaimed prize value: $156,689 — 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.
Trailing 7-day claim rate 95% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
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, 2 of the 4 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 8 prize levels the lottery reports, 27,345 of 243,840 prizes (11%) remain; the thinnest level is $100, with 8% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $2 ticket returns about $1.25 on average (0.63 per dollar), which ranks 9 of 16 $2 games on sale in West Virginia, level with the $2 median of 0.63. Among every West Virginia game with a computable value it is 100 of 127; nationally it sits in the 30th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 92 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a 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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