SHARK-CLUCK-WILD-HOPPYWest Virginia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
SHARK-CLUCK-WILD-HOPPY costs $1 a ticket from the West Virginia Lottery. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $500 prize now runs about 1 in 113,003 by our estimate, against 1 in 95,879 at launch. It pays back about $0.64 per $1 on average, in line with West Virginia's other $1 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 96K at launch, about 1 in 113K now. The $500 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Softer expected value here: only $0.64 of each $1 comes back as prizes.
- Strong prize quality: a healthy share of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 1 in 91,429 | 21 | 12 | 57% |
| $50 | 1 in 5,890 | 326 | 212 | 65% |
| $40 | 1 in 5,731 | 335 | 220 | 66% |
| $20 | 1 in 191 | 10,076 | 6,549 | 65% |
| $10 | 1 in 95 | 20,152 | 13,172 | 65% |
| $5 | 1 in 35 | 55,431 | 36,588 | 66% |
| $4 | 1 in 48 | 40,334 | 26,895 | 67% |
| $2 | 1 in 20 | 95,651 | 64,506 | 67% |
| $1 | 1 in 12 | 161,188 | 110,138 | 68% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since May 16, when our records for it began, 9 $500 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 12. The most recent was on October 15.
- October 15, 20261 claimed · 12 left
- August 17, 20261 claimed · 13 left
- August 15, 20262 claimed · 14 left
- August 9, 20261 claimed · 16 left
- July 11, 20261 claimed · 17 left
- May 30, 20262 claimed · 18 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.3% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for West Virginia's $1 games (1.2% 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
- 1264
- Ticket Price
- $1
- Start Date
- 4/28/2026
- Payout %
- 64.3%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $1 ticket in West Virginia
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PURRFECT CASH - 7 ELVES | 52 | 1 in 4.12 | 65.3% | $100 · 31 | 3.5% |
| CASH-BEE-HOT-BEN | 44 | 1 in 5.25 | 64.2% | $500 · 16 | 1.1% |
| SHARK-CLUCK-WILD-HOPPY (this game) | 36 | 1 in 5.25 | 64.3% | $500 · 12 | 0.3% |
| SPIN-LUCKY-CHERRIES-HAND | 28 | 1 in 5.32 | 62.1% | $1K · 5 | 0.1% |
| THREE - LAMA - BUG - HOT | 24 | 1 in 5.25 | 63.2% | $500 · 7 | 0.0% |
| CELEBRATE 40 2X | 22 | 1 in 4.94 | 65.2% | $5K · 1 | 1.3% |
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.