I CAN'T EVEN 5West Virginia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
I CAN'T EVEN 5 is one of the West Virginia Lottery's $5 games. With tickets selling faster than its top prizes are claimed, our estimate for the $5,000 prize has improved to about 1 in 117,121, from 1 in 143,083 at launch. At launch, about 1 in 143,083 tickets carried a prize of $1,000 or more.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 143K at launch, about 1 in 117K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $5,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Odds of 1 in 4.24 put the win rate squarely in the normal range.
- Prize quality is high: most of the meaningful top and mid-tier prizes remain in play.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | 1 in 140,000 | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| $500 | 1 in 9,825 | 57 | 34 | 60% |
| $100 | 1 in 490 | 1,144 | 709 | 62% |
| $50 | 1 in 66 | 8,460 | 5,122 | 61% |
| $25 | 1 in 39 | 14,297 | 8,691 | 61% |
| $20 | 1 in 31 | 17,948 | 10,984 | 61% |
| $10 | 1 in 16 | 35,805 | 21,955 | 61% |
| $5 | 1 in 10 | 57,269 | 35,371 | 62% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on July 29, one $5,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 3. The most recent was on August 20.
- August 20, 20261 claimed · 3 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 2.4% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about twice the average for West Virginia's $5 games (1.3% 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
Game Details
- State
- West Virginia
- Game Number
- 1263
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 7/28/2026
- Payout %
- 69.5%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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All 12 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COCKY-ENCOUNTERS CROSSWORD | 70 | 1 in 4.12 | 71.1% | $50K · 3 | 0.2% |
| PICKLE-GRAFFITI-BOW WOW-JALAPENO KENO | 67 | 1 in 4.24 | 71.3% | $50K · 2 | 1.4% |
| BIG 7s - JUNGLE-LEGENDARY-RUST-INFINITE | 66 | 1 in 4.29 | 72.6% | $35K · 3 | 1.2% |
| MOTHMAN FORTUNE-MERRY LITTLE CRYPTIDS | 66 | 1 in 3.79 | 69.9% | $2K · 3 | 3.7% |
| I CAN'T EVEN 5 (this game) | 54 | 1 in 4.24 | 69.5% | $5K · 3 | 2.4% |
| TACO - BREW MATCH | 50 | 1 in 4.31 | 71.1% | $20K · 2 | 2.3% |
| GEMS & BLOCKS - WV POP! | 46 | 1 in 4.58 | 65.4% | $25K · 2 | 1.2% |
| CELEBRATE 40 5X | 45 | 1 in 4.29 | 71.9% | $50K · 1 | 1.3% |
| BLACKJACK - WILD CARD | 38 | 1 in 5.72 | 70.4% | $10K · 2 | 1.1% |
| MONEY MONEY MONEY - IN THE GREEN | 38 | 1 in 4.46 | 68.0% | $10K · 3 | 1.9% |
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.