
West Virginia· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.60
USA percentile
19th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
5
$1,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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SPIN-LUCKY-CHERRIES-HAND is a $1 scratch-off game from the West Virginia lottery (game #1243). As of the most recent daily scan, 5 top prizes of $1,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the West Virginia lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 5.32. Our models put its expected value at 0.60 per dollar, returning about $0.60 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 4 of 15 $1 games on sale in West Virginia.
THE THESIS
At 0.60 EV/$, this game ranks 4 of 15 same-price games on sale in West Virginia (median 0.56).
Total unclaimed prize value: $564,486 — 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 25% 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, 5 of the 10 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 8 prize levels the lottery reports, 178,054 of 319,621 prizes (56%) remain.
At current prize levels a $1 ticket returns about $0.6 on average (0.60 per dollar), which ranks 4 of 15 $1 games on sale in West Virginia, above the $1 median of 0.56. Among every West Virginia game with a computable value it is 111 of 127; nationally it sits in the 19th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 836 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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