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Ranked 23rd of 41 Tickets in West Virginia

BUG - WAVE - ORANGE - HONEY 7sWest Virginia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: West Virginia Lottery
50
VALUESCORE
Fair
$2West VirginiaGame #1256GREEN
At a glance

BUG - WAVE - ORANGE - HONEY 7s is one of the West Virginia Lottery's $2 games. Only 19% of its winning tickets pay $2 or less; the rest pay more than the ticket cost. At launch, about 1 in 396,194 tickets carried a prize of $1,000 or more.

Overall Odds
1 in 4.87
Exp. Value
$0.67
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$7,000
Top Prizes Left
5
Prizes Remaining
74%
ValueScore™
50 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.67
→
AVERAGE
At 23rd out of 41 West Virginia scratch-offs, it neither stands out nor falls behind.
Why
→Expected value of $0.67 per $1 is about average, a typical return for a ticket at this price.
  • A leaner 21% chance of winning per ticket (1 in 4.87), below most games.
  • The larger prizes are well stocked, with plenty of top and mid-tier winners still out there.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$7,000
5 of 7 left
launch odds 1 in 396K
now ~1 in 411K
$777
34 of 46 left
launch odds 1 in 60K
now ~1 in 60K
$177
100 of 137 left
launch odds 1 in 20K
now ~1 in 21K
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeOddsTotalLeftStatus
$7,0001 in 377,14375
71%
$7771 in 57,3914634
74%
$1771 in 19,270137100
73%
$701 in 2,0081,315963
73%
$211 in 12720,77615,235
73%
$141 in 19013,86010,202
74%
$121 in 7634,62125,418
73%
$101 in 3576,19455,873
73%
$71 in 6441,54330,633
74%
$61 in 6441,56330,716
74%
$41 in 3283,13861,636
74%
$31 in 18145,431108,175
74%
$21 in 24110,84782,864
75%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$3,539,487
Current Prize Pool
$2,608,561
Payout Percentage
73.7%
Total Prizes Remaining
421,854

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
2,773,358
Estimated Remaining
2,054,429
% Remaining
74.1%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

Since May 9, when our records for it began, 2 $7,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 5. The most recent was on July 22.

74
7
6
5
May 9October 19
  • July 22, 20261 claimed · 5 left
  • May 21, 20261 claimed · 6 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for West Virginia's $2 games (2.1% a week).

From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.

ValueScore™ Breakdown

50
VALUESCORE
Fair
50
out of 100
Expected Value
11/40
Prize Quality
18/25
Win Frequency
6/20
Inventory Health
15/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1256
Ticket Price
$2
Start Date
4/28/2026
Payout %
67.0%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$2.00 per ticket · 1 in 4.87 overall odds
✓ Accounts for prizes already claimed

Entertainment only. Outcomes are random and won't match a real session. Current-odds mode scales each tier by remaining prizes and tickets.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the BUG - WAVE - ORANGE - HONEY 7s scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. BUG - WAVE - ORANGE - HONEY 7s scores 50/100 (Fair) and is 2nd of West Virginia's 5 $2 tickets, in the top third. It pays back about $0.67 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $2 tickets are listed on the West Virginia rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the BUG - WAVE - ORANGE - HONEY 7s scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with BUG - WAVE - ORANGE - HONEY 7s are 1 in 4.87. This means roughly 1 in every 5 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for BUG - WAVE - ORANGE - HONEY 7s?
The top prize for BUG - WAVE - ORANGE - HONEY 7s is $7,000. As of our latest update, 5 top prizes remain unclaimed.
How many prizes are left in BUG - WAVE - ORANGE - HONEY 7s?
Based on our latest data, 74% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 421,854 out of 569,478 total). The game is early in its run, with most prizes still on the market.

Every $2 ticket in West Virginia

GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
DOUGH-BEE-DILL-KING KENO601 in 4.8869.5%$20K · 31.3%
BUG - WAVE - ORANGE - HONEY 7s (this game)501 in 4.8767.0%$7K · 50.1%
SALEM-WINTER GREEN SEVENS371 in 4.7462.2%$7K · 24.3%
KENO - Truck-Scoops-Green-Primo351 in 4.8869.3%$20K · 10.6%
CELEBRATE 40 3X201 in 4.6763.0%$20K · 11.5%

Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.