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Poor valueActive$500 Frenzy · $5 · Texas Lottery
$500 Frenzy: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.98 on average.
▼ -8.6 pts vs launch#21 of 21 · $5 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM
▼ -8.6 pts vs launch#21 of 21 · $5 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM
$500 Frenzy is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.6%, down 8.6 percentage points from the launch value of 68.2%. 280 of the original 3,592 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 90% of the 5.1M printed tickets have been sold.
59.6%
expected return
1 in 4.33
odds of any win
280 of 3,592
$500 top prizes left
90%
claimed · 4.6M of 5.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 122,551 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,910 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.98 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.98 · 59.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
122,551 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
90% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
5.1M
tickets printed
4.6M
tickets claimed · 90%
535k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
8%
Tickets left
10%
8% of top prizes remain with 10% 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 $5 TX peers
#21 of 21
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM.
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