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ActiveWILD SIDE - POWER $500 · $5 · West Virginia Lottery

WILD SIDE - POWER $500: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.34 on average.

-1.0 pts vs launch#11 of 16 · $5 WV gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:43 PM

WILD SIDE - POWER $500 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.8%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 67.8%. 193 of the original 508 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 62% of the 0.7M printed tickets have been sold.

66.8%
expected return
1 in 4.75
odds of any win
193 of 508
$500 top prizes left
62%
claimed · 447k of 720k printed
Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 60,238 winning tickets still unclaimed.

13 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,414 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map

Where the $3.34 comes from

The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.

Small wins $5 – $500
$3.34 · 66.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
60,238 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress

62% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there

Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.

720k
tickets printed
447k
tickets claimed · 62%
273k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
38%
Tickets left
38%
38% of top prizes remain with only 38% 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.
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:43 PM.
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