How many $30,000 prizes are left in Great 8s?

3 of 5 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 718,682.

What are the odds of winning anything on Great 8s?

1 in 5.22 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.40 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 5.22, and the odds of winning more than the $2 ticket price are 1 in 10.1.

Is Great 8s worth buying?

Its current payout is 51.7% ($1.03 back per $2 ticket), rank #— of 77 in Texas. The best $2 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Royal Riches (#2672, $2) at 67.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Great 8s tickets are left?

We estimate 2,156,046 of roughly 9,180,982 printed tickets are unsold (76.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Great 8s launch and is it still on sale?

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

Great 8s — $2 Texas Scratch-Off #2458

Final figures from September 28, 2025 · ended

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Great 8s (#2458) was a $2 Texas scratch-off. Its final figures, from September 28, 2025, were 51.7% payout ($1.03 expected back per ticket), 1 in 5.22 for any prize and 1 in 718,682 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has fallen 13.4 points (65.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 15.6% (1 in 4.40 at launch). 3 of 5 top prizes of $30,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 76.5% of its tickets had sold. Great 8s is no longer on sale in Texas; the figures below are final as of September 28, 2025 and prizes can be claimed until June 15, 2026.

Current payout

51.7%

65.0% at launch

Expected value

$1.03

per $2 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 5.22

1 in 4.40 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 5.22

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 10.1

win more than $2

$600+ odds

1 in 93,741

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

3 of 5

$30,000 each

Tickets remaining

23.5%

≈ 2,156,046 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Great 8s, 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, 413,172 of 2,085,385 prizes (19.8%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$30,000	1 in 1,835,651	1 in 718,682	5	2	3	60.0%
$1,000	1 in 120,766	1 in 107,802	76	56	20	26.3%
$100	1 in 1,849	1 in 2,702	4,963	4,165	798	16.1%
$50	1 in 149.8	1 in 219.9	61,285	51,481	9,804	16.0%
$20	1 in 125.0	1 in 178.7	73,426	61,358	12,068	16.4%
$10	1 in 83.3	1 in 112.2	110,214	91,005	19,209	17.4%
$5	1 in 62.6	1 in 79.2	146,690	119,481	27,209	18.5%
$4	1 in 12.5	1 in 14.9	734,362	589,377	144,985	19.7%
$2	1 in 9.62	1 in 10.8	954,364	755,288	199,076	20.9%
All prizes	1 in 4.40	1 in 5.22	2,085,385	1,672,213	413,172	19.8%

How Great 8s has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Great 8s. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

September 25, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 20 remain.
September 24, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 21 remain.
September 16, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 22 remain.
August 12, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 24 remain.
August 5, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 25 remain.
August 1, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 26 remain.
July 15, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 27 remain.
July 12, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 28 remain.
July 4, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 30 remain.
June 24, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 31 remain.
June 17, 2025: one $30,000 prize was claimed; 3 remain.
June 12, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 32 remain.

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

Great 8s: common questions

How many $30,000 prizes are left in Great 8s?: 3 of 5 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 718,682.
What are the odds of winning anything on Great 8s?: 1 in 5.22 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.40 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 5.22, and the odds of winning more than the $2 ticket price are 1 in 10.1.
Is Great 8s worth buying?: Its current payout is 51.7% ($1.03 back per $2 ticket), rank #— of 77 in Texas. The best $2 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Royal Riches (#2672, $2) at 67.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Great 8s tickets are left?: We estimate 2,156,046 of roughly 9,180,982 printed tickets are unsold (76.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Great 8s launch and is it still on sale?: We first saw it on February 16, 2025. It has ended.

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