Premier Play — $30 Texas Scratch-Off #2661
Premier Play (#2661) is a $30 Texas scratch-off launched on August 4, 2025. As of September 21, 2026 it ranks #15 of 72 active games on current payout (74.5%, $22.34 expected back per ticket) and #1 of 2 $30 games, #16 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.63) and #8 on top-prize odds (1 in 517,397). Since launch the payout has fallen 0.6 points (75.1% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 2.2% (1 in 3.55 at launch). 5 of 10 top prizes of $1,000,000 remain, and we estimate 2,586,985 tickets are still unsold (57.6% sold). That is a middle-of-the-pack game: fine to play, but the ranking lists show better value at the same price.
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. Across all tiers, 712,954 of 1,721,394 prizes (41.4%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 | 1 in 610,723 | 1 in 517,397 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50.0% |
| $25,000 | 1 in 407,148 | 1 in 431,164 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 40.0% |
| $3,000 | 1 in 45,576 | 1 in 46,196 | 134 | 78 | 56 | 41.8% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 4,909 | 1 in 4,872 | 1,244 | 713 | 531 | 42.7% |
| $500 | 1 in 617.5 | 1 in 619.6 | 9,890 | 5,715 | 4,175 | 42.2% |
| $200 | 1 in 50.0 | 1 in 51.3 | 122,225 | 71,765 | 50,460 | 41.3% |
| $100 | 1 in 12.5 | 1 in 12.8 | 488,578 | 287,202 | 201,376 | 41.2% |
| $75 | 1 in 33.3 | 1 in 34.1 | 183,236 | 107,446 | 75,790 | 41.4% |
| $50 | 1 in 20.0 | 1 in 20.4 | 305,285 | 178,733 | 126,552 | 41.5% |
| $30 | 1 in 10.00 | 1 in 10.2 | 610,777 | 356,774 | 254,003 | 41.6% |
| All prizes | 1 in 3.55 | 1 in 3.63 | 1,721,394 | 1,008,440 | 712,954 | 41.4% |
How Premier Play has moved
Recent claims of $1,000 and up
- September 18, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 531 remain.
- September 17, 2026: 6 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 532 remain.
- September 16, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 538 remain.
- September 15, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 539 remain.
- September 12, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 541 remain.
- September 11, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 542 remain.
- September 10, 2026: one $3,000 prize was claimed; 56 remain.
- September 10, 2026: 4 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 544 remain.
- September 9, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 548 remain.
- September 27, 2025: 5 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 1,102 remain.
- September 26, 2025: one $3,000 prize was claimed; 111 remain.
- September 26, 2025: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 1,107 remain.
Premier Play: common questions
- How many $1,000,000 prizes are left in Premier Play?
- 5 of 10 as of September 21, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 517,397.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Premier Play?
- 1 in 3.63 today, compared with 1 in 3.55 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.63, and the odds of winning more than the $30 ticket price are 1 in 5.64.
- Is Premier Play worth buying?
- Its current payout is 74.5% ($22.34 back per $30 ticket), rank #15 of 72 in Texas. The best $30 alternative today is Millionaire's Club (#2730, $30) at 73.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Premier Play tickets are left?
- We estimate 2,586,985 of roughly 6,107,225 printed tickets are unsold (57.6% 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.
Other $30 Texas scratch-offs
- Millionaire's Club — 73.4% payout, 1 in 3.63 any prize