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Average valueActiveCOOL CASH- WINNING ERA · $20 · West Virginia Lottery
COOL CASH- WINNING ERA: Average value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.27 on average.
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#4 of 9 · $20 WV games
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#4 of 9 · $20 WV games
COOL CASH- WINNING ERA is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.4%, up 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 70.9%. 3 of the original 3 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 23% of the 0.4M printed tickets have been sold.
71.4%
expected return
1 in 3.88
odds of any win
3 of 3
$50K top prizes left
23%
claimed · 90k of 390k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 82,165 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $20
$40 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 918 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.27 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.72 · 68.6% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $50K
$0.55 · 2.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
82,157 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
23% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
390k
tickets printed
90k
tickets claimed · 23%
300k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
77%
100% of top prizes remain with only 77% 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 $20 WV peers
#4 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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