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Cowboys — $5 Texas Scratch-Off #2754

Data captured · launched August 17, 2026

Cowboys (#2754) is a $5 Texas scratch-off launched on August 17, 2026. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #75 of 77 active games on current payout (58.4%, $2.92 expected back per ticket) and #19 of 21 $5 games, #32 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.91) and #49 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,945,612). Since launch the payout has fallen 1.7 points (60.2% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 2.9% (1 in 3.80 at launch). 4 of 4 top prizes of $100,000 remain, and we estimate 7,782,450 tickets are still unsold (21.5% sold). That is below average for Texas; the Texas ranking lists show better payouts, including at $5.

Current payout
58.4%
60.2% at launch
Expected value
$2.92
per $5 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 3.91
1 in 3.80 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 3.91
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 7.46
win more than $5
$600+ odds
1 in 598,650
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
4 of 4
$100,000 each
Tickets remaining
78.5%
≈ 7,782,450 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Cowboys, 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, 1,989,257 of 2,607,815 prizes (76.3%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$100,000 1 in 2,477,063 1 in 1,945,612 4 0 4 100.0%
$5,000 1 in 825,688 1 in 864,717 12 3 9 75.0%
$500 1 in 35,387 1 in 36,030 280 64 216 77.1%
$100 1 in 1,494 1 in 1,563 6,632 1,653 4,979 75.1%
$50 1 in 144.0 1 in 150.2 68,821 17,010 51,811 75.3%
$20 1 in 25.0 1 in 25.9 396,370 95,996 300,374 75.8%
$15 1 in 25.0 1 in 25.9 396,330 95,868 300,462 75.8%
$10 1 in 19.6 1 in 20.2 506,378 121,162 385,216 76.1%
$5 1 in 8.04 1 in 8.23 1,232,988 286,802 946,186 76.7%
All prizes1 in 3.801 in 3.91 2,607,815618,558 1,989,25776.3%

How Cowboys has moved

57% 60% 62% Sep 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Cowboys. 49 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.

Cowboys: common questions

How many $100,000 prizes are left in Cowboys?
4 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,945,612.
What are the odds of winning anything on Cowboys?
1 in 3.91 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.80 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.91, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 7.46.
Is Cowboys worth buying?
Its current payout is 58.4% ($2.92 back per $5 ticket), rank #75 of 77 in Texas. The best $5 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Sugar Skull Cash (#2773, $5) at 70.7%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Cowboys tickets are left?
We estimate 7,782,450 of roughly 9,908,250 printed tickets are unsold (21.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Cowboys launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on August 17, 2026. It is still on sale.

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