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Poor valueActiveYO MONEY - CA$H · $5 · West Virginia Lottery
YO MONEY - CA$H: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.80 on average.
▼ -8.2 pts vs launch#17 of 17 · $5 WV games
▼ -8.2 pts vs launch#17 of 17 · $5 WV games
YO MONEY - CA$H is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the West Virginia state lottery. Its current expected value is 56.0%, down 8.2 percentage points from the launch value of 64.2%. 1 of the original 3 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 71% of the 0.8M printed tickets have been sold.
56.0%
expected return
1 in 4.11
odds of any win
1 of 3
$20K top prizes left
71%
claimed · 565k of 800k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 49,292 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 235,220 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.80 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $200
$2.71 · 54.3% of price
Mid prizes $20K
$0.09 · 1.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $200 wins
49,291 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
71% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2025.
800k
tickets printed
565k
tickets claimed · 71%
235k
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
29%
33% of top prizes remain with only 29% 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
#17 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from West Virginia Lottery published claim data.
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