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Weak valueActiveJurassic Park · $5 · Texas Lottery
Jurassic Park: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.25 on average.
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#16 of 21 · $5 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#16 of 21 · $5 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM
Jurassic Park is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.0%, down 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 66.2%. 2 of the original 4 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 68% of the 7.2M printed tickets have been sold.
65.0%
expected return
1 in 4.28
odds of any win
2 of 4
$100K top prizes left
68%
claimed · 4.9M of 7.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 540,517 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 7,309 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.25 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.14 · 62.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.11 · 2.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
540,472 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
68% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
7.2M
tickets printed
4.9M
tickets claimed · 68%
2.3M
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
32%
50% of top prizes remain with only 32% 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
#16 of 21
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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