Houston Texans is a $5 ticket from the Texas Lottery. Our estimate for the $100,000 prize has slipped to about 1 in 1,925,411 per ticket, from 1 in 1,367,979 at launch. Its overall odds of 1 in 3.77 are the best of the 19 $5 tickets Texas sells. Its expected return of $0.65 per $1 sits $0.03 below the typical $5 ticket in Texas.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.4M at launch, about 1 in 1.9M now. The $100,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Middling prize quality: a fair number of the bigger prizes are still in play.
- At 1 in 3.77 overall odds, prizes land more often than in most games.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $100,000 | 1 in 1,350,000 | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 540,000 | 10 | 7 | 70% |
| $500 | 1 in 4,766 | 1,159 | 808 | 70% |
| $100 | 1 in 261 | 20,954 | 14,453 | 69% |
| $50 | 1 in 128 | 42,891 | 29,818 | 70% |
| $20 | 1 in 38 | 145,940 | 101,529 | 70% |
| $10 | 1 in 8 | 656,742 | 461,009 | 70% |
| $5 | 1 in 9 | 583,736 | 413,812 | 71% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on August 18, 2 $100,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on September 2.
- September 2, 20261 claimed · 2 left
- August 30, 20261 claimed · 3 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 3.2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about twice the average for Texas's $5 games (1.3% 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
- 2755
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 8/17/2026
- Payout %
- 64.6%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/14/2026
Compare
Compare this game with another →Official Source
View on Texas Lottery ↗Simulate This Game
Run a virtual scratch-off using this game's real odds.
Entertainment only. Outcomes are random and won't match a real session. Current-odds mode scales each tier by remaining prizes and tickets.
Frequently Asked Questions
Every $5 ticket in Texas
All 19 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Money Multiplier | 61 | 1 in 4.27 | 68.0% | $100K · 5 | - |
| Super Loteria | 61 | 1 in 3.77 | 68.0% | $100K · 27 | 1.0% |
| Lucky 7 | 54 | 1 in 4.23 | 68.0% | $200K · 4 | 4.0% |
| Super Crossword | 54 | 1 in 4.07 | 68.1% | $100K · 6 | 1.7% |
| Cowboys | 52 | 1 in 3.80 | 60.2% | $100K · 4 | 2.3% |
| Sugar Skull Cash | 48 | 1 in 3.99 | 68.0% | $100K · 2 | 7.5% |
| Houston Texans (this game) | 48 | 1 in 3.77 | 64.6% | $100K · 2 | 3.2% |
| Airstream® Dream | 40 | 1 in 4.28 | 67.5% | $100K · 2 | 1.4% |
| $100,000 Cash | 40 | 1 in 4.07 | 68.1% | $100K · 4 | 0.7% |
| Bonus Break the Bank | 37 | 1 in 4.28 | 68.0% | $100K · 5 | 0.6% |
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.