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Decent valueActive200X The Cash · $20 · Texas Lottery
200X The Cash: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.93 on average.
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#10 of 17 · $20 TX games
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#10 of 17 · $20 TX games
200X The Cash is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.6%, down 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 74.8%. 3 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 21% of the 8.2M printed tickets have been sold.
74.6%
expected return
1 in 3.41
odds of any win
3 of 4
$1M jackpots left
21%
claimed · 1.7M of 8.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,906,992 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $20
$30 – $200, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 951 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.93 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$14.26 · 71.3% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $100K
$0.20 · 1.0% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.46 · 2.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
72.3%
Just 3 tickets out of 6.5M 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
1,906,728 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
21% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
8.2M
tickets printed
1.7M
tickets claimed · 21%
6.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
79%
75% of top prizes remain with 79% 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
#10 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data.
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