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Weak valueActiveAll About the 8s · $5 · Texas Lottery
All About the 8s: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.31 on average.
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#14 of 25 · $5 TX games
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#14 of 25 · $5 TX games
All About the 8s is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.2%, down 1.8 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 2 of the original 4 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 5.1M printed tickets have been sold.
66.2%
expected return
1 in 4.28
odds of any win
2 of 4
$100K top prizes left
85%
claimed · 4.3M of 5.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 184,572 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,620 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.31 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.97 · 59.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.34 · 6.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
184,513 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
85% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
5.1M
tickets printed
4.3M
tickets claimed · 85%
789k
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
15%
50% of top prizes remain with only 15% 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
#14 of 25
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data.
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