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Weak valueActiveHouston Texans · $5 · Texas Lottery
Houston Texans: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.19 on average.
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#20 of 27 · $5 TX games
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#20 of 27 · $5 TX games
Houston Texans is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.8%, down 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 64.6%. 2 of the original 4 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 21% of the 5.5M printed tickets have been sold.
63.8%
expected return
1 in 3.77
odds of any win
2 of 4
$100K top prizes left
21%
claimed · 1.1M of 5.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,148,574 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 4,759 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.19 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.13 · 62.7% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $100K
$0.06 · 1.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,148,564 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
21% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
5.5M
tickets printed
1.1M
tickets claimed · 21%
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
50%
Tickets left
79%
50% 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 $5 TX peers
#20 of 27
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data.
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