If I asked you to randomly select one card out of a deck of 52 cards, the odds of it being a queen of diamonds would be 1 in 52, or 1.9%.

If I were to remove 5 cards from that deck (none of which were the queen of diamonds), the odds of that select card being picked would be 1 in 47, or 2.1%

The chances aren't that much better, but still...they are better.

Texas Lottery Provides the Data

With easily accessible data on the Texas Lottery website, you can use the same math to determine which scratch-off games have the best chances to pay off big time with their top prizes.

Keep in mind that the chances of hitting the big payoff are still extremely small. Instead of the odds being 1 in 2,000,000, that could be adjusted to 1 in 1,000,000, or lower, in some of the games listed below.

That doesn't make for great odds, but when it comes to deciding on how to spend my $5 or $20, I'm going to go with the game that gives the best present-day odds.

$500 Frenzy

  • This $5 game features four top prizes of $100,000, NONE of which have been won. Approximately 35% of this game's tickets have been purchased.
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Big Winnings

  • This $5 game features four $200,000 top prizes, NONE of which have been claimed. Nearly 40% of this game's tickets have been purchased.
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Jackpot Millions

  • This $20 game features four $1 million top prizes, NONE of which have been won. As of this posting, approximately 29% of this game's tickets have been purchased.
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Hit $1,000,000

  • This $20 game features four top prizes of $1 million, NONE of which have been won. Approximately 45% of this game's tickets have been purchased.
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400 Million Megabucks

  • This $100 game features four top prizes of $5 million, NONE of which have been won. Around 34% of this game's tickets have been purchased.
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200X Power Blitz

  • This $20 game features four top prizes of $1 million, NONE of which have been won. Approximately 45% of this game's tickets have been bought.
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Super Loteria

  • This $5 game features fifteen top prizes of $100,000, ten of which have been won. There are still five top prizes out there and approximately 92% of this game's tickets have been bought. (This is the ticket I most want to buy, but I have been having a very difficult time finding any stores that have this game).
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$1,000,000 Cash Blast

  • This $20 game features four top prizes of $1 million, NONE of which have been claimed. Around 44% of this game's tickets have been purchased.
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