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Poor valueActive20X The Money · $2 · Texas Lottery
20X The Money: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.17 on average.
▼ -6.5 pts vs launch#10 of 10 · $2 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 PM
▼ -6.5 pts vs launch#10 of 10 · $2 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 PM
20X The Money is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.5%, down 6.5 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 1 of the original 5 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 81% of the 8.9M printed tickets have been sold.
58.5%
expected return
1 in 4.95
odds of any win
1 of 5
$30K top prizes left
81%
claimed · 7.3M of 8.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 335,991 winning tickets still unclaimed.
9 win more than $2
$5 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,659,932 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.17 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$1.15 · 57.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.02 · 0.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
335,990 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
81% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
8.9M
tickets printed
7.3M
tickets claimed · 81%
1.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
19%
20% of top prizes remain with only 19% 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 $2 TX peers
#10 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 PM.
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