Houston Texans
Texas· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.64
USA percentile
37th
of 2,195 games
Top prizes left
2
$100,000 tier
% sold-through
37%
2026-11-03
Forecast sellout
~195d
P10–P90: 137–273d
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Houston Texans is a $5 scratch-off game from the Texas lottery (game #2755). As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $100,000 remain unclaimed, with roughly 37% of tickets sold, as published by the Texas lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.77. Our models put its expected value at 0.64 per dollar, returning about $0.64 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 16 of 21 $5 games on sale in Texas.
THE THESIS
At 0.64 EV/$, this game ranks 16 of 21 same-price games on sale in Texas (median 0.66).
- 1.50% of $100,000 prizes still unclaimed at 37% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Current daily drainage rate is 32.50% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~195 days at this pace.
- 3.Ranks in the 37th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
8 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $11.06M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,195 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
~32.50% / day
Days left (P50)
195 days
P10 / P90 range
137–273 d
EV at P50 sellout
0.64
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
Houston Texans: prizes, value and pace
As of November 3, 2026, 2 of the 4 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 8 prize levels the lottery reports, 918,509 of 1,451,436 prizes (63%) remain.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $3.19 on average (0.64 per dollar), which ranks 16 of 21 $5 games on sale in Texas, below the $5 median of 0.66. Among every Texas game with a computable value it is 81 of 105; nationally it sits in the 37th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 155,375 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 195 days (likely range 137–273).
Figures come from the prize data the Texas lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the November 3, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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Know when this one turns
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