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Poor valueActiveBreak the Bank · $2 · Texas Lottery
Break the Bank: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.15 on average.
▼ -7.5 pts vs launch#10 of 11 · $2 TX games
▼ -7.5 pts vs launch#10 of 11 · $2 TX games
Break the Bank is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.5%, down 7.5 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 1 of the original 10 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 83% of the 24.5M printed tickets have been sold.
57.5%
expected return
1 in 4.80
odds of any win
1 of 10
$30K top prizes left
83%
claimed · 20.2M of 24.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 884,463 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 59,215 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.15 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $200
$1.12 · 55.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.03 · 1.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $200 wins
884,391 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
83% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
24.5M
tickets printed
20.2M
tickets claimed · 83%
4.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
10%
Tickets left
17%
10% of top prizes remain with 17% 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 $2 TX peers
#10 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data.
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