$50, $100 OR $500!#2650
Texas· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.70
USA percentile
63th
of 2,159 games
Top prizes left
7022
$500 tier
% sold-through
31%
2026-10-26
Forecast sellout
~256d
P10–P90: 179–358d
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$50, $100 OR $500! is a $10 scratch-off game from the Texas lottery (game #2650). As of the most recent daily scan, 7022 top prizes of $500 remain unclaimed, with roughly 31% of tickets sold, as published by the Texas lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 9.43. Our models put its expected value at 0.70 per dollar, returning about $0.70 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 2 of 14 $10 games on sale in Texas.
THE THESIS
At 0.70 EV/$, this game ranks 2 of 14 same-price games on sale in Texas (median 0.68).
- 1.69% of $500 prizes still unclaimed at 31% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Current daily drainage rate is 27.00% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~256 days at this pace.
- 3.Ranks in the 63rd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
3 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $49.23M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,159 active gamesWhere this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active TX games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.
Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining
historical + P50 projectionDaily drainage
~27.00% / day
Days left (P50)
256 days
P10 / P90 range
179–358 d
EV at P50 sellout
0.70
Claim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersClaim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.
Price vs EV — TX field
105 games · break-even highlightedNo other active TX games currently clear break-even.
Top-prize claim cadence · the roll
Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.
States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.
ABOUT THIS GAME
$50, $100 OR $500! (#2650): prizes, value and pace
As of October 26, 2026, 7022 of the 10,176 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 3 prize levels the lottery reports, 746,229 of 1,081,493 prizes (69%) remain.
At current prize levels a $10 ticket returns about $6.99 on average (0.70 per dollar), which ranks 2 of 14 $10 games on sale in Texas, above the $10 median of 0.68. Among every Texas game with a computable value it is 36 of 105; nationally it sits in the 63th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 94,294 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 893 top prizes; at the current pace the remaining tickets would sell out in about 256 days (likely range 179–358).
Figures come from the prize data the Texas lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the October 26, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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