Scratch Smarter, Not Harder: Focus on These 5 Texas Lottery Tickets

The odds of winning the top payouts in 5 Texas Lottery scratch-off games have increased by over 50%. In fact, 2 of those games have seen a bump of over 100%.

If you're going to spend the money to play Texas Lottery scratch-offs, these are among the top ones whose odds of winning big have increased the most.

Mega Loteria - $10 Scratch Off Game

This game features 20 top prizes of $250,000 -- 9 of which remain unclaimed. The odds of winning one of the top remaining payouts have increased by 54% since the game was first put into circulation.

The 11 winning cards were sold in Tomball, McKinney, Houston, Lewisville, Austin, Lolita, New Caney, Mathis, Irving, Fort Worth, and San Marcos.

Lucky $ymbols - $5 Scratch Off Game

This game features 5 top prizes of $100K, all of which remain unclaimed. The odds of winning one of the top payouts of Lucky $ymbols have increased by 58% since the game was first introduced.

Million Dollar Loteria - $20 Scratch Off Game

This game features 10 top prizes of $1 million, 5 of which remain unclaimed. The odds of winning one of the top remaining jackpots of Million Dollar Loteria have increased by 50% since the game was first put into circulation.

The 5 winning cards were sold in Baytown, New Braunfels, Austin, Fairview, and Cleveland.

Hot Pink 7s - $5 Scratch Off Game

This game is well overdue to pay out a jackpot or two. It features 5 top prizes of $100K, none of which have been claimed. Hot Pink 7s was introduced in early February, and nearly 65% of its tickets have been bought, but still no big winner.

The odds of winning one of those 5 top prizes have now increased by over 170%.

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Millions Club - $50 Scratch Off Game

I get it, not many people will plop down $50 on a scratch-off ticket. I wouldn't either.

But, check out these stats. Around 95% of the Million's Club's tickets have been bought. 2 of the 10 top jackpots of $1 million remain. The odds of winning one of those top payouts have increased by over 240%.

This game's million-dollar winners have come from Tatum, Dale, Fort Worth, Houston, Richardson, Balch Springs, Laredo, and Dallas.

The Odds Of Winning Big Are Still Very Slim

Before you gather all your expendable cash and rush out to buy tickets, keep in mind that your odds of winning any top prize for any scratch-off game are extremely low.

The Millions Club game above--your odds of winning one of the two remaining top prizes are about 1 in 118,000. Granted, that's a lot better than 1 in 408,000 when the game was introduced.

Play responsibly.