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Average valueActive200X The Cash · $20 · Texas Lottery
200X The Cash: Average value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.39 on average.
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#12 of 13 · $20 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:51 AM
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#12 of 13 · $20 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:51 AM
200X The Cash is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.0%, down 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 72.2%. 2 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 48% of the 7.1M printed tickets have been sold.
72.0%
expected return
1 in 3.88
odds of any win
2 of 4
$1M jackpots left
48%
claimed · 3.4M of 7.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 949,718 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $20
$40 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,050 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.39 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.72 · 68.6% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $20K
$0.12 · 0.6% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.54 · 2.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
69.2%
Just 2 tickets out of 3.7M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
949,604 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
48% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
7.1M
tickets printed
3.4M
tickets claimed · 48%
3.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
52%
50% of top prizes remain with 52% 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 $20 TX peers
#12 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:51 AM.
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