The Texas Lottery sells In the Green as a $5 ticket. The Texas Lottery stops selling it on October 14, 2026. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $100,000 prize now runs about 1 in 2,330,346 by our estimate, against 1 in 1,195,998 at launch. At 1 in 4.34, its overall odds are the longest of Texas's 20 $5 games. At a ValueScore of 30/100 (Below Avg), it is 17th of the 20 active $5 games in Texas.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.2M at launch, about 1 in 2.3M now. The $100,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Prize quality is thin, with the bigger winners mostly gone.
- At $0.68 back per $1, the return here is middle-of-the-road for this price point.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $100,000 | 1 in 1,180,000 | 6 | 1 | 17% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 708,000 | 10 | 3 | 30% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 18,780 | 380 | 117 | 31% |
| $500 | 1 in 2,000 | 3,557 | 1,055 | 30% |
| $100 | 1 in 338 | 21,342 | 6,531 | 31% |
| $50 | 1 in 75 | 95,779 | 29,514 | 31% |
| $25 | 1 in 50 | 143,918 | 44,577 | 31% |
| $20 | 1 in 75 | 95,779 | 29,646 | 31% |
| $10 | 1 in 13 | 550,196 | 176,092 | 32% |
| $5 | 1 in 10 | 742,487 | 249,410 | 34% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 5 $100,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on July 16.
- July 16, 20261 claimed · 1 left
- June 18, 20261 claimed · 2 left
- April 24, 20261 claimed · 3 left
- April 19, 20261 claimed · 4 left
- March 22, 20261 claimed · 5 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for Texas's $5 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
- 2660
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 3/2/2026
- Payout %
- 68.2%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/9/2026
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All 20 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Money Multiplier | 64 | 1 in 4.27 | 68.0% | $100K · 5 | - |
| Super Loteria | 62 | 1 in 3.77 | 68.0% | $100K · 27 | 0.9% |
| Lucky 7 | 56 | 1 in 4.23 | 68.0% | $200K · 4 | 4.3% |
| Super Crossword | 56 | 1 in 4.07 | 68.1% | $100K · 6 | 1.7% |
| Sugar Skull Cash | 54 | 1 in 3.99 | 68.0% | $100K · 3 | 7.7% |
| Cowboys | 53 | 1 in 3.80 | 60.2% | $100K · 4 | 2.4% |
| Houston Texans | 49 | 1 in 3.77 | 64.6% | $100K · 2 | 3.4% |
| Airstream® Dream | 42 | 1 in 4.28 | 67.5% | $100K · 2 | 1.4% |
| $100,000 Cash | 42 | 1 in 4.07 | 68.1% | $100K · 4 | 0.7% |
| In the Green (this game) | 30 | 1 in 4.34 | 68.2% | $100K · 1 | 0.1% |
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.