All About the 8s
Texas· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.62
USA percentile
28th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
1
$100,000 tier
% sold-through
92%
2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
~215d
P10–P90: 151–301d
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All About the 8s is a $5 scratch-off game from the Texas lottery (game #2727). As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $100,000 remains unclaimed, with roughly 92% of tickets sold, as published by the Texas lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.28. Our models put its expected value at 0.62 per dollar, returning about $0.62 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 18 of 22 $5 games on sale in Texas.
THE THESIS
At 0.62 EV/$, this game ranks 18 of 22 same-price games on sale in Texas (median 0.66).
- 1.25% of $100,000 prizes still unclaimed at 92% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Current daily drainage rate is 3.67% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~215 days at this pace.
- 3.Ranks in the 28th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
10 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $1.25M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,201 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
~3.67% / day
Days left (P50)
215 days
P10 / P90 range
151–301 d
EV at P50 sellout
0.62
Claim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersClaim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.
Price vs EV — TX field
109 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
All About the 8s: prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, 1 of the 4 $100,000 top prizes is still unclaimed; across the 10 prize levels the lottery reports, 94,345 of 1,197,458 prizes (8%) remain; the thinnest level is $500, with 5% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $3.1 on average (0.62 per dollar), which ranks 18 of 22 $5 games on sale in Texas, below the $5 median of 0.66. Among every Texas game with a computable value it is 91 of 109; nationally it sits in the 28th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 17,961 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 1 top prize; at the current pace the remaining tickets would sell out in about 215 days (likely range 151–301).
Figures come from the prize data the Texas lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the November 4, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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