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Weak valueActiveKing of Cash · $2 · Texas Lottery
King of Cash: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.28 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 10 · $2 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 PM
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 10 · $2 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 PM
King of Cash is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 3 of the original 5 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 31% of the 9.1M printed tickets have been sold.
64.0%
expected return
1 in 4.87
odds of any win
3 of 5
$30K top prizes left
31%
claimed · 2.8M of 9.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,294,652 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $2
$5 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 5,583 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.28 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.26 · 63.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.02 · 0.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
1,294,636 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
31% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
9.1M
tickets printed
2.8M
tickets claimed · 31%
6.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
60%
Tickets left
69%
60% of top prizes remain with 69% 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 $2 TX peers
#1 of 10
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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