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Poor valueActive9s In A Line · $1 · Texas Lottery
9s In A Line: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.49 on average.
▼ -11.0 pts vs launch#2 of 2 · $1 TX games
▼ -11.0 pts vs launch#2 of 2 · $1 TX games
9s In A Line is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 49.0%, down 11.0 percentage points from the launch value of 60.0%. 16 of the original 163 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 84% of the 19.6M printed tickets have been sold.
49.0%
expected return
1 in 4.45
odds of any win
16 of 163
$500 top prizes left
84%
claimed · 16.5M of 19.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 698,090 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $1
$2 – $300, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 194,471 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.49 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.49 · 49.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
698,090 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
84% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
19.6M
tickets printed
16.5M
tickets claimed · 84%
3.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
10%
Tickets left
16%
10% of top prizes remain with 16% 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 $1 TX peers
#2 of 2
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
3-2-Won!
59.0%
2
9s In A Line
49.0%
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data.
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