How many $250,000 prizes are left in $250,000 50X Cashword?

3 of 10 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,543,263.

What are the odds of winning anything on $250,000 50X Cashword?

1 in 3.74 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.56 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.74, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 6.43.

Is $250,000 50X Cashword worth buying?

Its current payout is 65.3% ($6.53 back per $10 ticket), rank #— of 77 in Texas. The best $10 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Mega Loteria (#2669, $10) at 71.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many $250,000 50X Cashword tickets are left?

We estimate 4,629,789 of roughly 22,205,288 printed tickets are unsold (79.2% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did $250,000 50X Cashword launch and is it still on sale?

We first saw it on February 16, 2025. It has ended.

$250,000 50X Cashword — $10 Texas Scratch-Off #2582

Final figures from September 28, 2025 · ended

$250,000 50X Cashword Texas scratch-off ticket

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$250,000 50X Cashword (#2582) was a $10 Texas scratch-off. Its final figures, from September 28, 2025, were 65.3% payout ($6.53 expected back per ticket), 1 in 3.74 for any prize and 1 in 1,543,263 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has fallen 4.7 points (70.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 4.9% (1 in 3.56 at launch). 3 of 10 top prizes of $250,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 79.2% of its tickets had sold. $250,000 50X Cashword is no longer on sale in Texas; the figures below are final as of September 28, 2025 and prizes can be claimed until August 17, 2026.

Current payout

65.3%

70.0% at launch

Expected value

$6.53

per $10 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.74

1 in 3.56 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.74

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 6.43

win more than $10

$600+ odds

1 in 10,894

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

3 of 10

$250,000 each

Tickets remaining

20.8%

≈ 4,629,789 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $250,000 50X Cashword, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. To set its odds of $1,000 or more (or any other prize size) against every other Texas game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 1,237,862 of 6,241,685 prizes (19.8%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$250,000	1 in 2,220,974	1 in 1,543,263	10	7	3	30.0%
$10,000	1 in 740,325	1 in 578,724	30	22	8	26.7%
$1,000	1 in 10,850	1 in 11,183	2,047	1,633	414	20.2%
$500	1 in 6,021	1 in 6,671	3,689	2,995	694	18.8%
$200	1 in 1,009	1 in 1,134	22,015	17,934	4,081	18.5%
$100	1 in 165.5	1 in 183.9	134,179	109,003	25,176	18.8%
$80	1 in 266.7	1 in 302.0	83,268	67,936	15,332	18.4%
$50	1 in 50.0	1 in 55.9	444,195	361,305	82,890	18.7%
$30	1 in 14.3	1 in 15.8	1,554,807	1,261,797	293,010	18.8%
$20	1 in 14.3	1 in 15.5	1,554,619	1,256,568	298,051	19.2%
$10	1 in 9.09	1 in 8.93	2,442,826	1,924,623	518,203	21.2%
All prizes	1 in 3.56	1 in 3.74	6,241,685	5,003,823	1,237,862	19.8%

How $250,000 50X Cashword has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $250,000 50X Cashword. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

September 27, 2025: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 414 remain.
September 24, 2025: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 417 remain.
September 23, 2025: 4 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 420 remain.
September 20, 2025: 4 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 424 remain.
September 19, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 428 remain.
September 18, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 430 remain.
September 17, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 432 remain.
September 16, 2025: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 8 remain.
September 16, 2025: 7 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 433 remain.
September 13, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 440 remain.
September 12, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 442 remain.
September 11, 2025: 9 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 444 remain.

Derived from day-to-day changes in the official remaining-prize counts, so the date is when the lottery published the change.

$250,000 50X Cashword: common questions

How many $250,000 prizes are left in $250,000 50X Cashword?: 3 of 10 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,543,263.
What are the odds of winning anything on $250,000 50X Cashword?: 1 in 3.74 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.56 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.74, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 6.43.
Is $250,000 50X Cashword worth buying?: Its current payout is 65.3% ($6.53 back per $10 ticket), rank #— of 77 in Texas. The best $10 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Mega Loteria (#2669, $10) at 71.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $250,000 50X Cashword tickets are left?: We estimate 4,629,789 of roughly 22,205,288 printed tickets are unsold (79.2% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $250,000 50X Cashword launch and is it still on sale?: We first saw it on February 16, 2025. It has ended.

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