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Weak valueActiveCashword · $3 · Texas Lottery
Cashword: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.98 on average.
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#1 of 4 · $3 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#1 of 4 · $3 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM
Cashword is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.0%, down 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 66.3%. 11 of the original 13 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 13% of the 24.9M printed tickets have been sold.
66.0%
expected return
1 in 4.07
odds of any win
11 of 13
$50K top prizes left
13%
claimed · 3.3M of 24.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 5,301,798 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $3
$5 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 11,374 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.98 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.94 · 64.7% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $50K
$0.04 · 1.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
5,301,727 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
13% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
24.9M
tickets printed
3.3M
tickets claimed · 13%
21.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
85%
Tickets left
87%
85% of top prizes remain with 87% 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 $3 TX peers
#1 of 4
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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