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Decent valueActivePIECES-NOVA-WAVE-FORTUNE · $30 · West Virginia Lottery
PIECES-NOVA-WAVE-FORTUNE: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $22.46 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#2 of 3 · $30 WV games
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#2 of 3 · $30 WV games
PIECES-NOVA-WAVE-FORTUNE is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.9%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 74.7%. 6 of the original 26 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 82% of the 0.4M printed tickets have been sold.
74.9%
expected return
1 in 3.89
odds of any win
6 of 26
$10K top prizes left
82%
claimed · 307k of 377k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 17,837 winning tickets still unclaimed.
26 win more than $30
$50 – $300, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 939 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $22.46 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$21.48 · 71.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.98 · 3.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
17,823 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
82% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2024.
377k
tickets printed
307k
tickets claimed · 82%
69k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
23%
Tickets left
18%
23% of top prizes remain with only 18% 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 $30 WV peers
#2 of 3
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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