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Strong valueActive$5 Million Royale · $50 · Texas Lottery
$5 Million Royale: Strong value. A $50 ticket pays back $40.16 on average.
▲ +2.3 pts vs launch#1 of 7 · $50 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:51 PM
▲ +2.3 pts vs launch#1 of 7 · $50 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:51 PM
$5 Million Royale is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.3%, up 2.3 percentage points from the launch value of 78.0%. 2 of the original 4 $5,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 64% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
80.3%
expected return
1 in 3.66
odds of any win
2 of 4
$5M jackpots left
64%
claimed · 3.9M of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 594,320 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $50
$100 or $150 or $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 56 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $40.16 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$34.42 · 68.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$1.15 · 2.3% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$4.59 · 9.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
71.1%
Just 2 tickets out of 2.2M carry the $5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
592,144 winning tickets remain in this range: 86% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
64% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
6M
tickets printed
3.9M
tickets claimed · 64%
2.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
36%
50% of top prizes remain with only 36% 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 $50 TX peers
#1 of 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 1, 2026, 12:51 PM.
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