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Weak valueActive50X The Cash · $5 · Texas Lottery
50X The Cash: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.26 on average.
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#14 of 21 · $5 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#14 of 21 · $5 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM
50X The Cash is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.2%, down 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 66.0%. 2 of the original 4 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 51% of the 14.8M printed tickets have been sold.
65.2%
expected return
1 in 4.13
odds of any win
2 of 4
$200K top prizes left
51%
claimed · 7.5M of 14.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,771,666 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 17,370 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.26 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.20 · 64.1% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $200K
$0.06 · 1.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,771,660 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
51% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
14.8M
tickets printed
7.5M
tickets claimed · 51%
7.3M
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
49%
50% of top prizes remain with only 49% 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
#14 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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