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Average valueActiveMega Cash! · $10 · Texas Lottery
Mega Cash!: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.94 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#8 of 16 · $10 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 PM
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#8 of 16 · $10 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 PM
Mega Cash! is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.4%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 69.9%. 3 of the original 5 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 23% of the 8.2M printed tickets have been sold.
69.4%
expected return
1 in 3.89
odds of any win
3 of 5
$250K top prizes left
23%
claimed · 1.8M of 8.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,632,674 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $10
$20 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,028 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.94 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.77 · 67.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.17 · 1.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
1,632,442 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
23% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
8.2M
tickets printed
1.8M
tickets claimed · 23%
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
77%
60% of top prizes remain with 77% 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 $10 TX peers
#8 of 16
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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