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Weak valueActiveBreak the Bank · $2 · Texas Lottery
Break the Bank: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.23 on average.
▼ -3.5 pts vs launch#9 of 10 · $2 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM
▼ -3.5 pts vs launch#9 of 10 · $2 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM
Break the Bank is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 61.5%, down 3.5 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 4 of the original 10 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 69% of the 24.5M printed tickets have been sold.
61.5%
expected return
1 in 4.80
odds of any win
4 of 10
$30K top prizes left
69%
claimed · 17M of 24.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,557,197 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 54,294 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.23 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $200
$1.18 · 59.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.05 · 2.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $200 wins
1,557,059 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
69% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
24.5M
tickets printed
17M
tickets claimed · 69%
7.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
31%
40% of top prizes remain with only 31% 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
#9 of 10
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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