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Weak valueActiveBreak the Bank · $2 · Texas Lottery
Break the Bank: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.30 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 11 · $2 TX games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 11 · $2 TX games
Break the Bank is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 10 of the original 10 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 1% of the 24.4M printed tickets have been sold.
65.0%
expected return
1 in 4.80
odds of any win
10 of 10
$30K top prizes left
1%
claimed · 212k of 24.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 5,039,224 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 22,556 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.30 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.28 · 63.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.02 · 1.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
5,039,070 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
1% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
24.4M
tickets printed
212k
tickets claimed · 1%
24.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
99%
100% of top prizes remain with only 99% 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
#1 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data.
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