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Average valueActiveMega Cash! · $10 · Texas Lottery
Mega Cash!: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.95 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#9 of 17 · $10 TX games
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#9 of 17 · $10 TX games
Mega Cash! is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.5%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 69.9%. 3 of the original 5 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 31% of the 8.2M printed tickets have been sold.
69.5%
expected return
1 in 3.89
odds of any win
3 of 5
$250K top prizes left
31%
claimed · 2.5M of 8.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,456,339 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $10
$20 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,028 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.95 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.77 · 67.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.18 · 1.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
1,456,129 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
31% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
8.2M
tickets printed
2.5M
tickets claimed · 31%
5.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
60%
Tickets left
69%
60% of top prizes remain with 69% 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 $10 TX peers
#9 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data.
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