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Weak valueActivePatriotic Payout · $2 · Texas Lottery
Patriotic Payout: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.28 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#3 of 10 · $2 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#3 of 10 · $2 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM
Patriotic Payout is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 3 of the original 5 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 58% of the 6.1M printed tickets have been sold.
64.0%
expected return
1 in 4.03
odds of any win
3 of 5
$30K top prizes left
58%
claimed · 3.5M of 6.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 632,104 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 42,486 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.28 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.24 · 62.2% of price
Mid prizes $30K
$0.04 · 1.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
632,101 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
58% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
6.1M
tickets printed
3.5M
tickets claimed · 58%
2.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
60%
Tickets left
42%
60% of top prizes remain with only 42% 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
#3 of 10
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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