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Weak valueActiveBLACKJACK - WILD CARD · $5 · West Virginia Lottery
BLACKJACK - WILD CARD: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.37 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#9 of 17 · $5 WV games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#9 of 17 · $5 WV games
BLACKJACK - WILD CARD is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.4%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 67.6%. 2 of the original 4 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 49% of the 0.7M printed tickets have been sold.
67.4%
expected return
1 in 5.72
odds of any win
2 of 4
$10K top prizes left
49%
claimed · 350k of 720k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 69,620 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
81 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 14,784 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.37 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$3.32 · 66.4% of price
Mid prizes $10K
$0.05 · 1.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
69,618 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
49% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
720k
tickets printed
350k
tickets claimed · 49%
370k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
51%
50% of top prizes remain with 51% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
West Virginia Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $5 WV peers
#9 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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