Bits & Odds

Premier Play — $30 Texas Scratch-Off #2661

Data captured · launched August 4, 2025

Premier Play (#2661) is a $30 Texas scratch-off launched on August 4, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #8 of 77 active games on current payout (75.6%, $22.69 expected back per ticket) and #1 of 2 $30 games, #11 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.53) and #10 on top-prize odds (1 in 587,445). Since launch the payout has risen 0.5 points (75.1% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 0.6% (1 in 3.55 at launch). 4 of 10 top prizes of $1,000,000 remain, and we estimate 2,349,779 tickets are still unsold (61.5% 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
75.6%
75.1% at launch
Expected value
$22.69
per $30 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 3.53
1 in 3.55 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 3.53
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 5.48
win more than $30
$600+ odds
1 in 4,234
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
4 of 10
$1,000,000 each
Tickets remaining
38.5%
≈ 2,349,779 tickets

Last top prize claimed: September 25, 2026, 30 days ago.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Premier Play, 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, 666,121 of 1,721,394 prizes (38.7%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$1,000,000 1 in 610,723 1 in 587,445 10 6 4 40.0%
$25,000 1 in 407,148 1 in 469,956 15 10 5 33.3%
$3,000 1 in 45,576 1 in 45,188 134 82 52 38.8%
$1,000 1 in 4,909 1 in 4,757 1,244 750 494 39.7%
$500 1 in 617.5 1 in 599.6 9,890 5,971 3,919 39.6%
$200 1 in 50.0 1 in 49.8 122,225 75,069 47,156 38.6%
$100 1 in 12.5 1 in 12.5 488,578 300,474 188,104 38.5%
$75 1 in 33.3 1 in 33.2 183,236 112,474 70,762 38.6%
$50 1 in 20.0 1 in 19.9 305,285 187,158 118,127 38.7%
$30 1 in 10.00 1 in 9.89 610,777 373,279 237,498 38.9%
All prizes1 in 3.551 in 3.53 1,721,3941,055,273 666,12138.7%

How Premier Play has moved

73% 76% 78% Jul 2025Sep 2025Oct 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Premier Play. 118 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.

Premier Play: common questions

How many $1,000,000 prizes are left in Premier Play?
4 of 10 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 587,445.
What are the odds of winning anything on Premier Play?
1 in 3.53 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.55 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.53, and the odds of winning more than the $30 ticket price are 1 in 5.48.
Is Premier Play worth buying?
Its current payout is 75.6% ($22.69 back per $30 ticket), rank #8 of 77 in Texas. The best $30 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Millionaire's Club (#2730, $30) at 75.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Premier Play tickets are left?
We estimate 2,349,779 of roughly 6,107,225 printed tickets are unsold (61.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Premier Play launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on August 4, 2025. It is still on sale.

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