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Average valueActive$250,000 50X Cashword · $10 · Texas Lottery
$250,000 50X Cashword: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.97 on average.
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#8 of 15 · $10 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:51 AM
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#8 of 15 · $10 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:51 AM
$250,000 50X Cashword is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.7%, down 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 6 of the original 10 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 50% of the 22.4M printed tickets have been sold.
69.7%
expected return
1 in 3.56
odds of any win
6 of 10
$250K top prizes left
50%
claimed · 11.3M of 22.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,126,534 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,858 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.97 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.73 · 67.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.24 · 2.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
3,125,485 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
50% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
22.4M
tickets printed
11.3M
tickets claimed · 50%
11.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
60%
Tickets left
50%
60% of top prizes remain with only 50% 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
#8 of 15
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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