Bits & Odds

Colossal Cashword — $50 Texas Scratch-Off #2599

Final figures from September 28, 2025 · ended

Colossal Cashword (#2599) was a $50 Texas scratch-off. Its final figures, from September 28, 2025, were 77.3% payout ($38.67 expected back per ticket), 1 in 3.31 for any prize and 1 in 1,198,257 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has fallen 0.8 points (78.1% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 0.0% (1 in 3.31 at launch). 1 of 4 top prizes of $3,000,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 71.2% of its tickets had sold. Colossal Cashword is no longer on sale in Texas; the figures below are final as of September 28, 2025 and prizes can be claimed until October 13, 2026.

Current payout
77.3%
78.1% at launch
Expected value
$38.67
per $50 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 3.31
1 in 3.31 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 3.31
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 5.22
win more than $50
$600+ odds
1 in 2,523
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
1 of 4
$3,000,000 each
Tickets remaining
28.8%
≈ 1,198,257 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Colossal 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, 362,367 of 1,258,791 prizes (28.8%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$3,000,000 1 in 1,040,310 1 in 1,198,257 4 3 1 25.0%
$50,000 1 in 277,416 1 in 299,564 15 11 4 26.7%
$5,000 1 in 14,300 1 in 12,747 291 197 94 32.3%
$2,000 1 in 3,488 1 in 3,187 1,193 817 376 31.5%
$500 1 in 82.5 1 in 82.4 50,424 35,874 14,550 28.9%
$200 1 in 33.4 1 in 33.7 124,728 89,199 35,529 28.5%
$150 1 in 20.0 1 in 20.1 208,245 148,598 59,647 28.6%
$100 1 in 10.0 1 in 10.0 416,088 296,525 119,563 28.7%
$50 1 in 9.09 1 in 9.04 457,803 325,200 132,603 29.0%
All prizes1 in 3.311 in 3.31 1,258,791896,424 362,36728.8%

How Colossal Cashword has moved

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Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Colossal Cashword. 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.

Colossal Cashword: common questions

How many $3,000,000 prizes are left in Colossal Cashword?
1 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,198,257.
What are the odds of winning anything on Colossal Cashword?
1 in 3.31 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.31 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.31, and the odds of winning more than the $50 ticket price are 1 in 5.22.
Is Colossal Cashword worth buying?
Its current payout is 77.3% ($38.67 back per $50 ticket), rank #— of 77 in Texas. The best $50 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Ultimate Millions (#2610, $50) at 78.2%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Colossal Cashword tickets are left?
We estimate 1,198,257 of roughly 4,161,429 printed tickets are unsold (71.2% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Colossal Cashword launch and is it still on sale?
We first saw it on February 16, 2025. It has ended.

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