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 2,014,121.

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

1 in 3.58 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.56 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.58, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 6.06.

Is $250,000 50X Cashword worth buying?

Its current payout is 68.5% ($6.85 back per $10 ticket), rank #38 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 6,042,364 of roughly 22,393,251 printed tickets are unsold (73.0% 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?

It launched on September 15, 2025. It is still on sale.

$250,000 50X Cashword — $10 Texas Scratch-Off #2668

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:25 UTC · launched September 15, 2025

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

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$250,000 50X Cashword (#2668) is a $10 Texas scratch-off launched on September 15, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #38 of 77 active games on current payout (68.5%, $6.85 expected back per ticket) and #9 of 14 $10 games, #15 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.58) and #52 on top-prize odds (1 in 2,014,121). Since launch the payout has fallen 1.5 points (70.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 0.5% (1 in 3.56 at launch). 3 of 10 top prizes of $250,000 remain, and we estimate 6,042,364 tickets are still unsold (73.0% sold). That is a middle-of-the-pack game: fine to play, but the ranking lists show better value at the same price.

Current payout

68.5%

70.0% at launch

Expected value

$6.85

per $10 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.58

1 in 3.56 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.58

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 6.06

win more than $10

$600+ odds

1 in 10,400

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

3 of 10

$250,000 each

Tickets remaining

27.0%

≈ 6,042,364 tickets

Last top prize claimed: October 13, 2026, 12 days ago.

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, 1,690,027 of 6,293,233 prizes (26.9%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$250,000	1 in 2,239,325	1 in 2,014,121	10	7	3	30.0%
$10,000	1 in 746,442	1 in 671,374	30	21	9	30.0%
$1,000	1 in 11,020	1 in 10,619	2,032	1,463	569	28.0%
$500	1 in 6,021	1 in 6,281	3,719	2,757	962	25.9%
$200	1 in 1,011	1 in 1,074	22,149	16,525	5,624	25.4%
$100	1 in 165.6	1 in 173.4	135,237	100,400	34,837	25.8%
$80	1 in 266.7	1 in 280.7	83,953	62,428	21,525	25.6%
$50	1 in 50.0	1 in 52.2	447,865	332,123	115,742	25.8%
$30	1 in 14.3	1 in 14.9	1,567,555	1,160,788	406,767	25.9%
$20	1 in 14.3	1 in 14.7	1,567,547	1,156,261	411,286	26.2%
$10	1 in 9.09	1 in 8.72	2,463,136	1,770,433	692,703	28.1%
All prizes	1 in 3.56	1 in 3.58	6,293,233	4,603,206	1,690,027	26.9%

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. 75 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 24, 2026: 6 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 569 remain.
October 23, 2026: 5 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 575 remain.
October 22, 2026: 5 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 580 remain.
October 21, 2026: 6 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 585 remain.
October 20, 2026: 7 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 591 remain.
October 17, 2026: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 9 remain.
October 17, 2026: 4 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 598 remain.
October 16, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 602 remain.
October 15, 2026: 4 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 604 remain.
October 14, 2026: 10 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 608 remain.
October 13, 2026: one $250,000 prize was claimed; 3 remain.
October 13, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 618 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 2,014,121.
What are the odds of winning anything on $250,000 50X Cashword?: 1 in 3.58 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.56 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.58, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 6.06.
Is $250,000 50X Cashword worth buying?: Its current payout is 68.5% ($6.85 back per $10 ticket), rank #38 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 6,042,364 of roughly 22,393,251 printed tickets are unsold (73.0% 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?: It launched on September 15, 2025. It is still on sale.

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