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Weak valueActiveCowboys · $5 · Texas Lottery
Cowboys: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.01 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#23 of 25 · $5 TX games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#23 of 25 · $5 TX games
Cowboys is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 60.2%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 60.2%. 4 of the original 4 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 3% of the 9.9M printed tickets have been sold.
60.2%
expected return
1 in 3.80
odds of any win
4 of 4
$100K top prizes left
3%
claimed · 311k of 9.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,525,910 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 33,093 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.01 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.96 · 59.3% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $100K
$0.05 · 0.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
2,525,895 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
3% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
9.9M
tickets printed
311k
tickets claimed · 3%
9.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
97%
100% of top prizes remain with only 97% 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 $5 TX peers
#23 of 25
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data.
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