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Decent valueActiveMillion Dollar Loteria · $20 · Texas Lottery
Million Dollar Loteria: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.89 on average.
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#8 of 13 · $20 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:51 AM
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#8 of 13 · $20 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:51 AM
Million Dollar Loteria is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.5%, down 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 75.0%. 2 of the original 10 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 72% of the 24.2M printed tickets have been sold.
74.5%
expected return
1 in 3.29
odds of any win
2 of 10
$1M jackpots left
72%
claimed · 17.4M of 24.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,075,418 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $20
$30 – $250, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,692 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.89 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$14.37 · 71.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.23 · 1.2% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.29 · 1.5% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
73.0%
Just 2 tickets out of 6.8M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
2,074,559 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
72% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
24.2M
tickets printed
17.4M
tickets claimed · 72%
6.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
28%
20% of top prizes remain with 28% 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 $20 TX peers
#8 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:51 AM.
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