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Weak valueActiveBingo Times 20 · $5 · Texas Lottery
Bingo Times 20: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.36 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#10 of 21 · $5 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#10 of 21 · $5 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM
Bingo Times 20 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.2%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 68.2%. 2 of the original 5 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 48% of the 17.3M printed tickets have been sold.
67.2%
expected return
1 in 4.26
odds of any win
2 of 5
$100K top prizes left
48%
claimed · 8.3M of 17.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,119,833 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $400, an actual profit
10 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 8,623 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.36 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.34 · 66.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.02 · 0.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
2,119,823 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
48% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
17.3M
tickets printed
8.3M
tickets claimed · 48%
9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
52%
40% of top prizes remain with 52% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Texas Lottery
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Rank vs $5 TX peers
#10 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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