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Average valueActive$1,000,000 Riches · $10 · Texas Lottery
$1,000,000 Riches: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.14 on average.
▲ +1.4 pts vs launch#1 of 17 · $10 TX games
▲ +1.4 pts vs launch#1 of 17 · $10 TX games
$1,000,000 Riches is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.4%, up 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 2 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 66% of the 8.2M printed tickets have been sold.
71.4%
expected return
1 in 3.82
odds of any win
2 of 4
$1M jackpots left
66%
claimed · 5.4M of 8.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 733,679 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,868 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.14 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.42 · 64.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $5K
$0.01 · 0.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.71 · 7.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
64.3%
Just 2 tickets out of 2.8M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
733,658 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
66% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
8.2M
tickets printed
5.4M
tickets claimed · 66%
2.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
34%
50% of top prizes remain with only 34% 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 $10 TX peers
#1 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data.
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