WV · #1264 · $1

SHARK-CLUCK-WILD-HOPPY

West Virginia· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.61

USA percentile

22th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

17

$500 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

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SHARK-CLUCK-WILD-HOPPY is a $1 scratch-off game from the West Virginia (game #1264). As of the most recent daily scan, 17 top prizes of $500 remain unclaimed, as published by the West Virginia. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 5.25. Our models put its expected value at 0.61 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.61 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.61 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.81% of $500 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 22nd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

9 tiers · % remaining
$500
17/21
81%
$50
238/326
$40
245/335
$20
7.4K/10.1K
$10
14.8K/20.2K
$5
41.2K/55.4K
$4
30.1K/40.3K
$2
72.2K/95.7K
$1
123.0K/161.2K

Total unclaimed prize value: $920,430 — 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 · 22th
USA: 22th percentileWV: 17th 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 · +3%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

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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