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Ranked 9th of 41 Tickets in West Virginia

THE CASH GAME - GO BIG MONEYWest Virginia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

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72
VALUESCORE
Good
$10West VirginiaGame #1274GREEN
At a glance

THE CASH GAME - GO BIG MONEY is one of the West Virginia Lottery's $10 games. At launch, about 1 in 207,705 tickets carried a prize of $10,000 or more. It pays back about $0.73 per $1 on average, in line with West Virginia's other $10 games.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.99
Exp. Value
$0.73
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$50,000
Top Prizes Left
2
Prizes Remaining
69%
ValueScore™
72 / 100
Good

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.73
↑
ABOVE AVERAGE
A solid pick: #9, ahead of roughly 80% of West Virginia's 41 active games, and 4th of the 11 active $10 games in West Virginia.
Why
↑Little of the prize pool has been drained so far.
  • At $0.73 back per $1, the return here is middle-of-the-road for this price point.
  • At 1 in 3.99 overall odds, prizes land more often than in most games.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$50,000
2 of 3 left
launch odds 1 in 208K
now ~1 in 214K
$5,000
9 of 10 left
launch odds 1 in 62K
now ~1 in 48K
$500
84 of 124 left
launch odds 1 in 5,025
now ~1 in 5,090
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
$50,0001 in 200,00032
67%
$5,0001 in 60,000109
90%
$5001 in 4,83912484
68%
$2001 in 946634424
67%
$1001 in 678,9976,102
68%
$501 in 3915,56710,563
68%
$251 in 965,42044,942
69%
$101 in 965,41445,042
69%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$4,356,490
Current Prize Pool
$2,984,120
Payout Percentage
68.5%
Total Prizes Remaining
107,168

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
623,114
Estimated Remaining
427,600
% Remaining
68.6%
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 June 27, when our records for it began, one $50,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on August 28.

31
3
2
June 27October 19
  • August 28, 20261 claimed · 2 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.5% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for West Virginia's $10 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

72
VALUESCORE
Good
72
out of 100
Expected Value
30/40
Prize Quality
17/25
Win Frequency
14/20
Inventory Health
12/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1274
Ticket Price
$10
Start Date
6/20/2026
Payout %
72.6%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$10.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.99 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the THE CASH GAME - GO BIG MONEY scratch-off a good buy?
It is a solid pick. THE CASH GAME - GO BIG MONEY scores 72/100 (Good) and is 4th of West Virginia's 11 $10 tickets, in the top third. It pays back about $0.73 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the THE CASH GAME - GO BIG MONEY scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with THE CASH GAME - GO BIG MONEY are 1 in 3.99. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for THE CASH GAME - GO BIG MONEY?
The top prize for THE CASH GAME - GO BIG MONEY is $50,000. As of our latest update, 2 top prizes remain unclaimed.

Every $10 ticket in West Virginia

All 11 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
RETRO-BLACK-DUCK-ELECTRIC KENO891 in 3.9173.5%$75K · 31.2%
CHERRIES-GEMS-GREEN-ELECTRIC ST821 in 3.7073.2%$50K · 31.0%
BRINGING SIX BACK741 in 4.0173.3%$60K · 21.8%
THE CASH GAME - GO BIG MONEY (this game)721 in 3.9972.6%$50K · 21.5%
LION'S SHARE701 in 3.8673.0%$50K · 21.2%
DRAGON BLAST - UNDERWATER KENO681 in 3.9173.4%$75K · 20.1%
LUCKY WITCH-LUCKY ELF611 in 5.3673.3%$5K · 54.5%
CELEBRATE 40 10X601 in 3.9471.6%$75K · 21.0%
DOGGIE-POOL-CAT-CASH571 in 4.0869.5%$500 · 1,8370.4%
LADY LUCK471 in 5.6570.6%$5K · 200.1%

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.