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Weak valueActiveRoyal Riches · $2 · Texas Lottery
Royal Riches: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.26 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#8 of 10 · $2 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 PM
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#8 of 10 · $2 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 PM
Royal Riches is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.0%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 2 of the original 5 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 50% of the 9.3M printed tickets have been sold.
63.0%
expected return
1 in 4.40
odds of any win
2 of 5
$30K top prizes left
50%
claimed · 4.6M of 9.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,058,279 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 125,907 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.26 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$1.24 · 62.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.02 · 1.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
1,058,242 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
50% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
9.3M
tickets printed
4.6M
tickets claimed · 50%
4.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
50%
40% of top prizes remain with 50% 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
#8 of 10
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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