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Average valueActive$50, $100 OR $500! · $10 · Texas Lottery
$50, $100 OR $500!: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.98 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#6 of 16 · $10 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:51 PM
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#6 of 16 · $10 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:51 PM
$50, $100 OR $500! is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.8%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 2,566 of the original 10,081 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 74% of the 10.1M printed tickets have been sold.
69.8%
expected return
1 in 9.43
odds of any win
2,566 of 10,081
$500 top prizes left
74%
claimed · 7.5M of 10.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 274,649 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $10
$50 or $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
90 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,011 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.98 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$6.98 · 69.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
274,649 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
74% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
10.1M
tickets printed
7.5M
tickets claimed · 74%
2.6M
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
26%
25% of top prizes remain with 26% 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
#6 of 16
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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