The Texas Lottery sells Instant Millions as a $20 ticket. The Texas Lottery stops selling it on November 18, 2026. By our estimate the $1,000,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 1,162,640 per ticket, down from 1 in 1,520,040. At a ValueScore of 53/100 (Fair), it is 15th of the 16 active $20 games in Texas.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.5M at launch, about 1 in 1.2M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $1,000,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Low inventory: most of this game's prizes have already been claimed.
- Frequent winners: roughly a 26% shot at a prize on each ticket (1 in 3.80), ahead of most games.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 | 1 in 1,500,000 | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 375,000 | 16 | 3 | 19% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 30,000 | 206 | 39 | 19% |
| $500 | 1 in 923 | 6,601 | 1,236 | 19% |
| $200 | 1 in 85 | 71,476 | 13,457 | 19% |
| $100 | 1 in 17 | 365,204 | 68,057 | 19% |
| $40 | 1 in 13 | 486,917 | 91,783 | 19% |
| $20 | 1 in 9 | 669,618 | 131,382 | 20% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, one $1,000,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on August 9.
- August 9, 20261 claimed · 1 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.4% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for Texas's $20 games (1% 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
- 2671
- Ticket Price
- $20
- Start Date
- 10/20/2025
- Payout %
- 75.1%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/9/2026
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Every $20 ticket in Texas
All 16 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Million Dollar Loteria | 89 | 1 in 3.29 | 75.0% | $1M · 9 | 1.3% |
| Lucky 7 Tripler | 82 | 1 in 3.44 | 75.0% | $1M · 3 | 3.4% |
| $1,000,000 Crossword | 81 | 1 in 3.41 | 75.0% | $1M · 5 | 1.4% |
| Millionaire | 78 | 1 in 3.82 | 75.0% | $1M · 4 | - |
| 200X The Cash | 77 | 1 in 3.41 | 74.9% | $1M · 2 | 1.4% |
| Power 20s | 70 | 1 in 3.61 | 75.0% | $1M · 2 | 0.6% |
| Queen of Spades | 67 | 1 in 3.88 | 75.0% | $1M · 2 | 1.4% |
| Mega Millionaire | 64 | 1 in 3.84 | 75.0% | $1M · 2 | 0.8% |
| $100, $200, $500 OR $1,000! | 63 | 1 in 9.49 | 75.0% | $1K · 2,350 | - |
| Instant Millions (this game) | 53 | 1 in 3.80 | 75.1% | $1M · 1 | 0.4% |
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.