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Poor valueActiveBreak the Bank · $2 · Texas Lottery
Break the Bank: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.14 on average.
▼ -8.0 pts vs launch#11 of 12 · $2 TX games
▼ -8.0 pts vs launch#11 of 12 · $2 TX games
Break the Bank is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.0%, down 8.0 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 0 of the original 10 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 24.5M printed tickets have been sold.
57.0%
expected return
1 in 4.80
odds of any win
0 of 10
$30K top prizes left
85%
claimed · 20.7M of 24.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 786,553 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 57,477 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.14 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $200
$1.11 · 55.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.03 · 1.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $200 wins
786,487 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
85% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
24.5M
tickets printed
20.7M
tickets claimed · 85%
3.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
15%
0% of top prizes remain with 15% 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 $2 TX peers
#11 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data.
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