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Average valueActive$1,000,000 Riches · $10 · Texas Lottery
$1,000,000 Riches: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.82 on average.
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#16 of 19 · $10 TX games
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#16 of 19 · $10 TX games
$1,000,000 Riches is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.2%, down 1.8 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 1 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 69% of the 8.2M printed tickets have been sold.
68.2%
expected return
1 in 3.82
odds of any win
1 of 4
$1M jackpots left
69%
claimed · 5.7M of 8.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 652,425 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,855 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.82 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.41 · 64.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $5K
$0.01 · 0.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.40 · 4.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
64.2%
Just 1 ticket out of 2.5M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
652,405 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
69% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
8.2M
tickets printed
5.7M
tickets claimed · 69%
2.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
31%
25% of top prizes remain with 31% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Texas Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $10 TX peers
#16 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data.
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