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Weak valueActiveMs.PAC-MAN · $5 · Texas Lottery
Ms.PAC-MAN: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.38 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#4 of 22 · $5 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 PM
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#4 of 22 · $5 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 PM
Ms.PAC-MAN is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.6%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 4 of the original 5 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 17% of the 5.1M printed tickets have been sold.
67.6%
expected return
1 in 4.05
odds of any win
4 of 5
$100K top prizes left
17%
claimed · 888k of 5.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,038,424 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 7,507 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.38 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.28 · 65.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.10 · 2.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,038,403 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
17% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
5.1M
tickets printed
888k
tickets claimed · 17%
4.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
80%
Tickets left
83%
80% of top prizes remain with 83% 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
#4 of 22
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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