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Ranked 49th of 76 Tickets in Texas

CashwordTexas Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

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44
VALUESCORE
Fair
$3TexasGame #2662GREEN
At a glance

Cashword costs $3 a ticket from the Texas Lottery. With a ValueScore of 44/100 (Fair), it is the strongest of Texas's 3 $3 tickets. No $3 ticket in Texas has better overall odds: 1 in 4.07, against 2 others at that price.

Overall Odds
1 in 4.07
Exp. Value
$0.66
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$50,000
Top Prizes Left
7
Prizes Remaining
61%
ValueScore™
44 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.66
→
AVERAGE
Nothing wrong with it, but nothing special either; it is the best $3 game on sale in Texas.
Why
→You get back about $0.66 per $1 on average, which is normal for this price.
  • Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.9M at launch, about 1 in 2.2M now. The $50,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
  • Prizes hit less often here, roughly 25% per ticket (1 in 4.07).
  • Strong prize quality: a healthy share of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$50,000
7 of 13 left
launch odds 1 in 1.9M
now ~1 in 2.2M
$5,000
44 of 71 left
launch odds 1 in 350K
now ~1 in 347K
$500
1,253 of 2,110 left
launch odds 1 in 12K
now ~1 in 12K
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeOddsTotalLeftStatus
$50,0001 in 1,929,231137
54%
$5,0001 in 353,2397144
62%
$5001 in 12,0002,1101,253
59%
$1001 in 61540,29824,087
60%
$501 in 25099,46159,277
60%
$201 in 83298,297178,148
60%
$151 in 71347,883208,408
60%
$101 in 211,192,980717,634
60%
$51 in 181,391,852845,924
61%
$31 in 92,734,0341,713,220
63%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$49,338,197
Current Prize Pool
$29,803,750
Payout Percentage
60.4%
Total Prizes Remaining
3,748,002

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
24,855,486
Estimated Remaining
15,254,368
% Remaining
61.4%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

Since its launch on April 16, 6 $50,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 7. The most recent was on September 20.

135
13
12
11
9
8
7
April 16October 19
  • September 20, 20261 claimed · 7 left
  • September 5, 20261 claimed · 8 left
  • July 12, 20261 claimed · 9 left
  • July 2, 20261 claimed · 10 left
  • May 29, 20261 claimed · 11 left
  • May 3, 20261 claimed · 12 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.3% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each 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

44
VALUESCORE
Fair
44
out of 100
Expected Value
10/40
Prize Quality
15/25
Win Frequency
7/20
Inventory Health
12/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

State
Texas
Game Number
2662
Ticket Price
$3
Start Date
4/13/2026
Payout %
66.1%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$3.00 per ticket · 1 in 4.07 overall odds
✓ Accounts for prizes already claimed

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Cashword scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. Cashword scores 44/100 (Fair) and is the best $3 game on sale in Texas. It pays back about $0.66 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the Cashword scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Cashword are 1 in 4.07. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Cashword?
The top prize for Cashword is $50,000. As of our latest update, 7 top prizes remain unclaimed.

Every $3 ticket in Texas

GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
Cashword (this game)441 in 4.0766.1%$50K · 71.3%
30X The Cash Word Search331 in 4.3964.4%$60K · 40.4%
Texas Loteria211 in 4.3866.0%$50K · 30.9%

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.