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Weak valueActiveMonaco Cash · $5 · Texas Lottery
Monaco Cash: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.18 on average.
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#18 of 21 · $5 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#18 of 21 · $5 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM
Monaco Cash is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.6%, down 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 64.4%. 3 of the original 5 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 27% of the 10.2M printed tickets have been sold.
63.6%
expected return
1 in 4.30
odds of any win
3 of 5
$200K top prizes left
27%
claimed · 2.8M of 10.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,713,315 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 10,626 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.18 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.08 · 61.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.10 · 2.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,713,224 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
27% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
10.2M
tickets printed
2.8M
tickets claimed · 27%
7.4M
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
73%
60% of top prizes remain with 73% 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
#18 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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