9s In A Line costs $1 a ticket from the Texas Lottery. The Texas Lottery stops selling it on October 14, 2026. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $500 prize now runs about 1 in 190,288 by our estimate, against 1 in 120,107 at launch. 50% of its winning tickets pay $1 or less, no more than the ticket cost. With a ValueScore of 10/100 (Poor), it is 5th of the 5 active $1 games in Texas.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 120K at launch, about 1 in 190K now. The $500 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Most of the larger top and mid-tier prizes have already been won.
- Wins are infrequent: about a 22% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 4.45), lower than most games.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 1 in 120,000 | 163 | 16 | 10% |
| $300 | 1 in 20,000 | 977 | 65 | 7% |
| $150 | 1 in 10,000 | 1,958 | 162 | 8% |
| $100 | 1 in 6,000 | 3,264 | 277 | 8% |
| $50 | 1 in 3,000 | 6,519 | 563 | 9% |
| $30 | 1 in 1,500 | 13,060 | 956 | 7% |
| $15 | 1 in 300 | 65,252 | 6,174 | 9% |
| $10 | 1 in 100 | 195,848 | 21,131 | 11% |
| $5 | 1 in 100 | 195,808 | 24,081 | 12% |
| $3 | 1 in 38 | 522,240 | 67,347 | 13% |
| $2 | 1 in 17 | 1,175,030 | 175,995 | 15% |
| $1 | 1 in 9 | 2,219,310 | 387,416 | 17% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 113 $500 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 16. The most recent was on September 16.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for Texas's $1 games (1.6% a week).
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- Texas
- Game Number
- 2710
- Ticket Price
- $1
- Start Date
- 1/20/2026
- Payout %
- 60.1%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/9/2026
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| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-2-Won! | 31 | 1 in 4.68 | 60.1% | $500 · 26 | 3.1% |
| Cash Frenzy | 29 | 1 in 3.84 | 60.0% | $500 · 5 | 0.1% |
| Winning 7s | 25 | 1 in 3.55 | 60.0% | $500 · 3 | 0.4% |
| Easy...1-2-3 | 22 | 1 in 3.86 | 60.1% | $500 · 3 | 2.6% |
| 9s In A Line (this game) | 10 | 1 in 4.45 | 60.1% | $500 · 16 | 0.2% |
Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.