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Weak valueActiveLucky No. 7 · $2 · Texas Lottery
Lucky No. 7: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.27 on average.
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#6 of 10 · $2 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 PM
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#6 of 10 · $2 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 PM
Lucky No. 7 is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.5%, down 1.5 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 4 of the original 6 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 59% of the 9.3M printed tickets have been sold.
63.5%
expected return
1 in 4.33
odds of any win
4 of 6
$30K top prizes left
59%
claimed · 5.5M of 9.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 878,740 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $2
$3 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 317,347 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.27 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$1.24 · 61.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.03 · 1.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
878,728 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
59% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
9.3M
tickets printed
5.5M
tickets claimed · 59%
3.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
41%
67% of top prizes remain with only 41% 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
#6 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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