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Decent valueActiveGolden Riches · $50 · Texas Lottery
Golden Riches: Decent value. A $50 ticket pays back $39.00 on average.
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#5 of 7 · $50 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:51 PM
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#5 of 7 · $50 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:51 PM
Golden Riches is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.0%, up 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 77.9%. 2 of the original 4 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 53% of the 4.7M printed tickets have been sold.
78.0%
expected return
1 in 3.76
odds of any win
2 of 4
$2M jackpots left
53%
claimed · 2.5M of 4.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 584,163 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $50
$100 – $400, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 97 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $39.00 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$36.66 · 73.3% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $10K
$0.52 · 1.0% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$1.82 · 3.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
74.4%
Just 2 tickets out of 2.2M carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
583,657 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
53% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
4.7M
tickets printed
2.5M
tickets claimed · 53%
2.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
47%
50% of top prizes remain with only 47% 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 $50 TX peers
#5 of 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 1, 2026, 12:51 PM.
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