Sugar Skull Cash
Texas· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.66
USA percentile
48th
of 2,154 games
Top prizes left
1
$100,000 tier
% sold-through
34%
2026-10-25
Forecast sellout
~84d
P10–P90: 59–118d
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Sugar Skull Cash is a $5 scratch-off game from the Texas lottery (game #2773). As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $100,000 remains unclaimed, with roughly 34% of tickets sold, as published by the Texas lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.99. Our models put its expected value at 0.66 per dollar, returning about $0.66 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 10 of 21 $5 games on sale in Texas.
THE THESIS
At 0.66 EV/$, this game ranks 10 of 21 same-price games on sale in Texas (median 0.66).
- 1.25% of $100,000 prizes still unclaimed at 34% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Current daily drainage rate is 79.50% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~84 days at this pace.
- 3.Ranks in the 48th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
9 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $11.31M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,154 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
~79.50% / day
Days left (P50)
84 days
P10 / P90 range
59–118 d
EV at P50 sellout
0.66
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
Sugar Skull Cash: prizes, value and pace
As of October 25, 2026, 1 of the 4 $100,000 top prizes is still unclaimed; across the 9 prize levels the lottery reports, 854,648 of 1,286,789 prizes (66%) remain; the thinnest level is $100,000, with 25% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $3.32 on average (0.66 per dollar), which ranks 10 of 21 $5 games on sale in Texas, level with the $5 median of 0.66. Among every Texas game with a computable value it is 65 of 105; nationally it sits in the 48th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 392,037 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 2 top prizes; at the current pace the remaining tickets would sell out in about 84 days (likely range 59–118).
Figures come from the prize data the Texas lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the October 25, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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