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Mega Cash!Texas Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

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58
VALUESCORE
Fair
$10TexasGame #2733GREEN
At a glance

Mega Cash! is a $10 ticket from the Texas Lottery. At launch, about 1 in 482,038 tickets carried a prize of $10,000 or more. It pays back about $0.70 per $1 on average, in line with Texas's other $10 games.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.89
Exp. Value
$0.70
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$250,000
Top Prizes Left
3
Prizes Remaining
59%
ValueScore™
58 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.70
→
AVERAGE
Middle of the pack: #29 of the 77 active games we track in Texas.
Why
→Win rate is typical, around 26% per ticket (1 in 3.89).
  • Expected value of $0.70 per $1 is about average, a typical return for a ticket at this price.
  • Middling prize quality: a fair number of the bigger prizes are still in play.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9
$250,000
3 of 5 left
launch odds 1 in 1.6M
now ~1 in 1.6M
$10,000
9 of 12 left
launch odds 1 in 683K
now ~1 in 537K
$1,000
164 of 276 left
launch odds 1 in 30K
now ~1 in 29K
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
$250,0001 in 1,608,00053
60%
$10,0001 in 670,000129
75%
$1,0001 in 30,000276164
59%
$5001 in 1,0627,7484,529
58%
$1001 in 62133,01277,610
58%
$501 in 50163,80295,672
58%
$301 in 25327,604191,954
59%
$201 in 14573,378336,650
59%
$101 in 9900,755536,684
60%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$57,314,530
Current Prize Pool
$33,671,560
Payout Percentage
58.7%
Total Prizes Remaining
1,243,275

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
8,194,643
Estimated Remaining
4,836,340
% Remaining
59.0%
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 June 17, 2 $250,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 3. The most recent was on July 29.

50
June 17October 9
  • July 29, 20261 claimed · 3 left
  • July 20, 20261 claimed · 4 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.5% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for Texas's $10 games (1.4% 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

58
VALUESCORE
Fair
58
out of 100
Expected Value
22/40
Prize Quality
15/25
Win Frequency
9/20
Inventory Health
12/15
Updated: 10/9/2026

Game Details

State
Texas
Game Number
2733
Ticket Price
$10
Start Date
6/15/2026
Payout %
70.0%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/9/2026

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$10.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.89 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Mega Cash! scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. Mega Cash! scores 58/100 (Fair) and is 4th of Texas's 13 $10 tickets, in the top third. It pays back about $0.70 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $10 tickets are listed on the Texas rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the Mega Cash! scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Mega Cash! are 1 in 3.89. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Mega Cash!?
The top prize for Mega Cash! is $250,000. As of our latest update, 3 top prizes remain unclaimed.

Every $10 ticket in Texas

All 13 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
Limited Edition Mega Loteria791 in 3.5470.1%$250K · 141.3%
The Price is Right™731 in 4.0569.6%$250K · 4-
Lucky 7 Doubler651 in 3.8370.0%$500K · 34.1%
Mega Cash! (this game)581 in 3.8970.0%$250K · 31.5%
Slots of Luck571 in 3.8270.0%$250K · 40.9%
$50, $100 OR $500!561 in 9.4370.0%$500 · 7,512-
777501 in 3.2270.0%$250K · 11.4%
$250,000 50X Cashword471 in 3.5670.0%$250K · 41.2%
$1,000,000 Riches471 in 3.8270.0%$1M · 10.8%
Limited Edition Mega Loteria (Game #2676)471 in 3.5470.0%$250K · 20.9%

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.