TX · #2742 · $5

$500 Frenzy

Texas· scanned 50d ago

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.60

USA percentile

20th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

280

$500 tier

% sold-through

90%

2026-06-16

Forecast sellout

~1042d

P10–P90: 729–1459d

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$500 Frenzy is a $5 scratch-off game from the Texas (game #2742). As of the most recent daily scan, 280 top prizes of $500 remain unclaimed, with roughly 90% of tickets sold, as published by the Texas. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.33. Our models put its expected value at 0.60 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.60 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.60 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.8% of $500 prizes still unclaimed at 90% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 1.00% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~1042 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 20th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

7 tiers · % remaining
$500
280/3.6K
8%
$100
1.4K/17.2K
$50
5.7K/67.9K
$25
9.2K/101.9K
$20
5.7K/67.9K
$10
37.7K/390.7K
$5
62.6K/526.6K

Total unclaimed prize value: $1.59M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 active games

Where 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.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
TX median0.68 EV/$
YOU · 20th
USA: 20th percentileTX: 10th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 22May 26May 30Jun 2Jun 5Jun 8Jun 11Jun 14Jun 120%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~06-12

Daily drainage

~1.00% / day

Days left (P50)

1042 days

P10 / P90 range

729–1459 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.60

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d

Price vs EV — TX field

89 games · break-even highlighted
$0$30$60$1020.000.250.500.90YOU

No 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.

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