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Decent valueActiveX · $50 · Texas Lottery
X: Decent value. A $50 ticket pays back $38.86 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#6 of 7 · $50 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:51 PM
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#6 of 7 · $50 TX gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:51 PM
X is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 77.7%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 78.2%. 1 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 63% of the 6.1M printed tickets have been sold.
77.7%
expected return
1 in 3.49
odds of any win
1 of 4
$1M jackpots left
63%
claimed · 3.8M of 6.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 651,025 winning tickets still unclaimed.
28 win more than $50
$75 – $200, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 86 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $38.86 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $75 – $500
$37.43 · 74.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.99 · 2.0% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.44 · 0.9% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
76.8%
Just 1 ticket out of 2.3M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$75 – $500 wins
650,115 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
63% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
6.1M
tickets printed
3.8M
tickets claimed · 63%
2.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
37%
25% of top prizes remain with 37% 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 $50 TX peers
#6 of 7
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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