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Ranked 57th of 80 Tickets in Texas

Sugar Skull CashTexas Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

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40
VALUESCORE
Fair
$5TexasGame #2773GREEN
At a glance

Sugar Skull Cash is a $5 ticket from the Texas Lottery. Our estimate for the $100,000 prize has slipped to about 1 in 2,971,405 per ticket, from 1 in 1,283,572 at launch. At launch, about 1 in 85,571 tickets carried a prize of $1,000 or more.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.99
Exp. Value
$0.68
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$100,000
Top Prizes Left
1
Prizes Remaining
58%
ValueScore™
40 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.68
↓
BELOW AVERAGE
Weak value right now at #57 of the 80 active games we track in Texas. Check the higher-ranked games in Texas first.
Why
↓Expected value of $0.68 per $1 is about average, a typical return for a ticket at this price.
  • Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.3M at launch, about 1 in 3.0M now. The $100,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
  • Prize quality is thin, with the bigger winners mostly gone.
  • Wins are infrequent: about a 25% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 3.99), lower than most games.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated November 7
$100,000
1 of 4 left
launch odds 1 in 1.3M
now ~1 in 3.0M
$1,000
39 of 56 left
launch odds 1 in 92K
now ~1 in 76K
$500
272 of 474 left
launch odds 1 in 11K
now ~1 in 11K
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
$100,0001 in 1,260,00041
25%
$1,0001 in 91,6365639
70%
$5001 in 10,909474272
57%
$1001 in 25020,52811,468
56%
$501 in 7568,42038,296
56%
$201 in 38136,84077,584
57%
$151 in 38136,84078,065
57%
$101 in 14376,353216,612
58%
$51 in 9547,274322,376
59%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$17,456,100
Current Prize Pool
$9,837,255
Payout Percentage
56.4%
Total Prizes Remaining
744,713

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
5,134,288
Estimated Remaining
2,971,405
% Remaining
57.9%
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 September 22, 3 $100,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on October 16.

DateWhat happenedTop prizes left
September 22Launched4
October 91 claimed3
October 111 claimed2
October 161 claimed1
November 7Latest count1

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 5.6% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 4 times the average for Texas's $5 games (1.4% a week). By tickets sold, it is the estimated #13 best seller of the 72 Texas tickets we can rank, at about 290,000 tickets 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

40
VALUESCORE
Fair
40
out of 100
Expected Value
11/40
Prize Quality
9/25
Win Frequency
8/20
Inventory Health
12/15
Updated: 11/7/2026

Game Details

State
Texas
Game Number
2773
Ticket Price
$5
Start Date
9/21/2026
Payout %
68.0%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
11/7/2026

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Sugar Skull Cash scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. Sugar Skull Cash scores 40/100 (Fair) and is 10th out of 21 $5 tickets in Texas. It pays back about $0.68 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $5 tickets are listed on the Texas rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the Sugar Skull Cash scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Sugar Skull Cash are 1 in 3.99. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Sugar Skull Cash?
The top prize for Sugar Skull Cash is $100,000. As of our latest update, 1 top prize remains unclaimed.
When was Sugar Skull Cash released?
Sugar Skull Cash was released by the Texas Lottery on September 21, 2026. It has been on sale for about 2 months.

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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.