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Poor valueActiveYO MONEY - CA$H · $5 · West Virginia Lottery
YO MONEY - CA$H: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.83 on average.
▼ -7.6 pts vs launch#16 of 16 · $5 WV gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:43 PM
▼ -7.6 pts vs launch#16 of 16 · $5 WV gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:43 PM
YO MONEY - CA$H is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 56.6%, down 7.6 percentage points from the launch value of 64.2%. 1 of the original 3 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 68% of the 0.8M printed tickets have been sold.
56.6%
expected return
1 in 4.11
odds of any win
1 of 3
$20K top prizes left
68%
claimed · 544k of 800k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 54,246 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
7 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 255,581 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.83 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $200
$2.75 · 55.0% of price
Mid prizes $20K
$0.08 · 1.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $200 wins
54,245 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
68% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2025.
800k
tickets printed
544k
tickets claimed · 68%
256k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
32%
33% of top prizes remain with only 32% 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
#16 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
SMORE - FROGGY CROSSWORD
70.4%
2
CELEBRATE 40 5X
69.0%
3
POWER LINES
68.6%
4
$$50,000 JUMBO CASH
68.2%
5
PICKLE-GRAFFITI-BOW WOW-JALAPENO KENO
68.2%
6
TACO - BREW MATCH
68.0%
7
COCKY-ENCOUNTERS CROSSWORD
67.8%
8
BIG 7s - JUNGLE-LEGENDARY-RUST-INFINITE
67.6%
9
BLACKJACK - WILD CARD
67.6%
10
MONEY MONEY MONEY - IN THE GREEN
67.4%
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:43 PM.
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