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Weak valueActiveSuper Crossword · $5 · Texas Lottery
Super Crossword: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.38 on average.
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#6 of 27 · $5 TX games
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#6 of 27 · $5 TX games
Super Crossword is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.6%, down 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 68.2%. 7 of the original 10 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 27% of the 22.3M printed tickets have been sold.
67.6%
expected return
1 in 4.07
odds of any win
7 of 10
$100K top prizes left
27%
claimed · 6M of 22.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 4,006,179 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
11 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 11,833 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
$3.33 · 66.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.05 · 1.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
4,006,009 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
27% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
22.3M
tickets printed
6M
tickets claimed · 27%
16.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
70%
Tickets left
73%
70% of top prizes remain with 73% 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
#6 of 27
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data.
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