Cowboys
Texas· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.59
USA percentile
17th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
—
$100,000 tier
% sold-through
26%
2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
~292d
P10–P90: 204–409d
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Cowboys is a $5 scratch-off game from the Texas lottery (game #2754). Roughly 26% of this game's tickets have sold through to date. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.80. Our models put its expected value at 0.59 per dollar, returning about $0.59 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 21 of 22 $5 games on sale in Texas.
THE THESIS
At 0.59 EV/$, this game ranks 21 of 22 same-price games on sale in Texas (median 0.66).
- 1.Current daily drainage rate is 25.17% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~292 days at this pace.
- 2.Ranks in the 17th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
9 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $21.54M — 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
~25.17% / day
Days left (P50)
292 days
P10 / P90 range
204–409 d
EV at P50 sellout
0.59
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
Cowboys: prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, across the 8 prize levels the lottery reports, 1,918,906 of 2,607,811 prizes (74%) remain.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $2.95 on average (0.59 per dollar), which ranks 21 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 100 of 109; nationally it sits in the 17th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 209,665 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize; at the current pace the remaining tickets would sell out in about 292 days (likely range 204–409).
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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Know when this one turns
We alert you the day a TX game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.