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Decent valueActiveQueen of Spades · $20 · Texas Lottery
Queen of Spades: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.86 on average.
▼ -0.7 pts vs launch#9 of 13 · $20 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:51 AM
▼ -0.7 pts vs launch#9 of 13 · $20 TX gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:51 AM
Queen of Spades is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.3%, down 0.7 percentage points from the launch value of 75.0%. 3 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 9% of the 6.1M printed tickets have been sold.
74.3%
expected return
1 in 3.88
odds of any win
3 of 4
$1M jackpots left
9%
claimed · 561k of 6.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,432,113 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $20
$50 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,463 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.86 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$14.21 · 71.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.11 · 0.5% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.54 · 2.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
71.6%
Just 3 tickets out of 5.6M 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
1,431,838 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
9% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
6.1M
tickets printed
561k
tickets claimed · 9%
5.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
91%
75% of top prizes remain with 91% 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
#9 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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