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Average valueActiveQueen of Spades · $20 · Texas Lottery
Queen of Spades: Average value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.77 on average.
▼ -1.1 pts vs launch#13 of 15 · $20 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:51 PM
▼ -1.1 pts vs launch#13 of 15 · $20 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:51 PM
Queen of Spades is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.8%, down 1.1 percentage points from the launch value of 75.0%. 2 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 28% of the 6.1M printed tickets have been sold.
73.8%
expected return
1 in 3.88
odds of any win
2 of 4
$1M jackpots left
28%
claimed · 1.7M of 6.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,134,066 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 1,461 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.77 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$14.20 · 71.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.11 · 0.6% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.45 · 2.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
71.6%
Just 2 tickets out of 4.4M 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
1,133,853 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
28% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
6.1M
tickets printed
1.7M
tickets claimed · 28%
4.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
72%
50% of top prizes remain with 72% 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
#13 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 1, 2026, 12:51 PM.
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