True Value of an instant ticket per $1 of the cost of the ticket                   
           
Most Instant Tickets have an initial TRUE Value per $1 of between 60 and 73 cents.      
The TRUE Value changes as tickets are sold and prizes are claimed.  The number     
of tickets claimed is updated as of every Saturday but is posted Monday afternoon.      
Our calculations are based on information available at txlottery.org.  We must assume     
that no winning tickets have been sold other than those already claimed (even though     
we know that's not true).  We also must assume that LOSING tickets are sold in the     
exact same percentage as Winning tickets and Break-even tickets.    
     
Click HERE to see why True Value is NOT a good indicator when  
all top prize tickets have already been claimed.    
     
www.lottoreport.com   has a list of games with no top prizes remaining    
     
Current True Values are as of 10/21/06       
           
to see the calculation for a specific game click on its name  
         
      Top   Top  
      Prize   Prize   Design   Current  
      Top   Tickets   Odds   TRUE   TRUE  
Game   Price   Prize   Remaining   1 in   Value   Value  
         
696 Betty Boop   $2   $30,000   6   978,912   $0.6304   $0.6211  
                           
646 Vegas Action   $30   $3,000,000   2   979,836   $0.7234   $0.7557  
                           
729 Wild 10's   $10   $110,000   0   Can't Win   $0.6994   0.6533*  
                           
673 Jokers Wild   $1   $1,000   25   133,370   $0.5967   $0.5567  
                           
654 Texas Gold Rush   $10   $250,000   0   Can't Win   $0.7005   0.6498*