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$400 Million Mega Bucks — $100 Texas Scratch-Off #2588

Final figures from September 28, 2025 · ended

$400 Million Mega Bucks (#2588) was a $100 Texas scratch-off. Its final figures, from September 28, 2025, were 69.9% payout ($69.90 expected back per ticket), 1 in 4.66 for any prize and 1 in 701,735 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has fallen 10.1 points (80.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 17.7% (1 in 3.84 at launch). 2 of 4 top prizes of $5,000,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 73.3% of its tickets had sold. $400 Million Mega Bucks is no longer on sale in Texas; the figures below are final as of September 28, 2025.

Current payout
69.9%
80.0% at launch
Expected value
$69.90
per $100 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 4.66
1 in 3.84 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 4.66
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 4.66
win more than $100
$600+ odds
1 in 158.7
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
2 of 4
$5,000,000 each
Tickets remaining
26.7%
≈ 1,403,470 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $400 Million Mega Bucks, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. Across all tiers, 301,138 of 1,366,321 prizes (22.0%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$5,000,000 1 in 1,310,894 1 in 701,735 4 2 2 50.0%
$50,000 1 in 249,694 1 in 233,912 21 15 6 28.6%
$2,500 1 in 2,041 1 in 2,238 2,569 1,942 627 24.4%
$1,000 1 in 148.7 1 in 171.0 35,252 27,043 8,209 23.3%
$500 1 in 15.0 1 in 18.5 349,572 273,859 75,713 21.7%
$300 1 in 37.5 1 in 45.7 139,881 109,191 30,690 21.9%
$200 1 in 18.8 1 in 22.7 279,596 217,881 61,715 22.1%
$150 1 in 9.37 1 in 11.3 559,426 435,250 124,176 22.2%
All prizes1 in 3.841 in 4.66 1,366,3211,065,183 301,13822.0%

How $400 Million Mega Bucks has moved

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Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $400 Million Mega Bucks. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

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

$400 Million Mega Bucks: common questions

How many $5,000,000 prizes are left in $400 Million Mega Bucks?
2 of 4 as of September 21, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 701,735.
What are the odds of winning anything on $400 Million Mega Bucks?
1 in 4.66 today, compared with 1 in 3.84 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.66, and the odds of winning more than the $100 ticket price are 1 in 4.66.
Is $400 Million Mega Bucks worth buying?
Its current payout is 69.9% ($69.90 back per $100 ticket), rank #— of 72 in Texas. The best $100 alternative today is Premier Winnings (#2512, $100) at 79.3%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $400 Million Mega Bucks tickets are left?
We estimate 1,403,470 of roughly 5,241,822 printed tickets are unsold (73.3% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $400 Million Mega Bucks launch and is it still on sale?
We first saw it on February 16, 2025. It has ended.

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