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Weak valueActiveYellowstone · $5 · Texas Lottery
Yellowstone: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.37 on average.
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#8 of 21 · $5 TX gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:50 PM
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#8 of 21 · $5 TX gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:50 PM
Yellowstone is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.4%, down 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 4 of the original 5 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 56% of the 7.3M printed tickets have been sold.
67.4%
expected return
1 in 4.26
odds of any win
4 of 5
$100K top prizes left
56%
claimed · 4.1M of 7.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 760,801 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,287 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.37 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.24 · 64.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.13 · 2.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
760,781 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
56% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
7.3M
tickets printed
4.1M
tickets claimed · 56%
3.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
80%
Tickets left
44%
80% of top prizes remain with only 44% 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
#8 of 21
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:50 PM.
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