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Weak valueActiveCashword · $3 · Texas Lottery
Cashword: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.97 on average.
▼ -0.7 pts vs launch#1 of 4 · $3 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 PM
▼ -0.7 pts vs launch#1 of 4 · $3 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 PM
Cashword is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.7%, down 0.7 percentage points from the launch value of 66.3%. 9 of the original 13 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 23% of the 24.9M printed tickets have been sold.
65.7%
expected return
1 in 4.07
odds of any win
9 of 13
$50K top prizes left
23%
claimed · 5.7M of 24.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 4,709,991 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $3
$5 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 11,492 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.97 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.93 · 64.4% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $50K
$0.04 · 1.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
4,709,926 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
23% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
24.9M
tickets printed
5.7M
tickets claimed · 23%
19.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
69%
Tickets left
77%
69% of top prizes remain with 77% 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 Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 PM.
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