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Decent valueActiveQueen of Spades · $20 · Texas Lottery
Queen of Spades: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.85 on average.
▼ -0.7 pts vs launch#15 of 18 · $20 TX games
▼ -0.7 pts vs launch#15 of 18 · $20 TX games
Queen of Spades is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.3%, down 0.7 percentage points from the launch value of 75.0%. 2 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 41% of the 6.1M printed tickets have been sold.
74.3%
expected return
1 in 3.88
odds of any win
2 of 4
$1M jackpots left
41%
claimed · 2.5M of 6.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 925,678 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $20
$50 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,463 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.85 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$14.19 · 70.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.11 · 0.5% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.56 · 2.8% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
71.5%
Just 2 tickets out of 3.6M 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
925,502 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
41% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
6.1M
tickets printed
2.5M
tickets claimed · 41%
3.6M
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
59%
50% of top prizes remain with 59% 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
#15 of 18
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data.
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