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Weak valueActiveAirstream® Dream · $5 · Texas Lottery
Airstream® Dream: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.35 on average.
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#9 of 22 · $5 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 PM
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#9 of 22 · $5 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 PM
Airstream® Dream is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.0%, down 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 67.6%. 3 of the original 5 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 29% of the 7.2M printed tickets have been sold.
67.0%
expected return
1 in 4.28
odds of any win
3 of 5
$100K top prizes left
29%
claimed · 2.1M of 7.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,199,554 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
10 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 3,287 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.35 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.28 · 65.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.07 · 1.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,199,511 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
29% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
7.2M
tickets printed
2.1M
tickets claimed · 29%
5.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
60%
Tickets left
71%
60% of top prizes remain with 71% 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
#9 of 22
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 PM.
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