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Decent valueActiveMillion Dollar Loteria · $20 · Texas Lottery
Million Dollar Loteria: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.93 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#11 of 17 · $20 TX games
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#11 of 17 · $20 TX games
Million Dollar Loteria is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.6%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 75.0%. 1 of the original 10 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 87% of the 24.2M printed tickets have been sold.
74.6%
expected return
1 in 3.29
odds of any win
1 of 10
$1M jackpots left
87%
claimed · 21.2M of 24.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 934,853 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $20
$30 – $250, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,668 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.93 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$14.33 · 71.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.28 · 1.4% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.33 · 1.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
73.0%
Just 1 ticket out of 3.1M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
934,415 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
87% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
24.2M
tickets printed
21.2M
tickets claimed · 87%
3.1M
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
13%
10% of top prizes remain with 13% 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 $20 TX peers
#11 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data.
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