The current odds of winning any prize on Holiday Countdown are 1 in 3.89 (25.69%), recalculated from the prizes still unclaimed. That covers every prize, from the smallest up to the $100,000 top prize.

Not yet. All 5 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed, as of Oct 19, 2026. We estimate nearly all of the game's 6,203,625 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. Holiday Countdown is on sale at Texas Lottery retailers, and the lottery hasn’t announced an end date.

Among the 21 $5 Texas scratch-offs on sale, Holiday Countdown ranks #4 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 3.89 tickets winning at least the $5 ticket price back. Right now the $5 game with the best odds of breaking even is Houston Texans, where 1 in 3.76 tickets wins at least $5 back.

Holiday Countdown has 10 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $100,000 at 1 in 1,240,707 (5 of 5 left); $1,000+ at 1 in 101,697 (56 of 56 left); $500+ at 1 in 6,607 (878 of 878 left); $250+ at 1 in 2,749 (1,318 of 1,318 left); $100+ at 1 in 322 (17,023 of 17,023 left); $50+ at 1 in 70.3 (68,916 of 68,917 left); $25+ at 1 in 28.1 (132,320 of 132,322 left); $20+ at 1 in 17.6 (132,498 of 132,499 left); $10+ at 1 in 7.3 (496,250 of 496,255 left); $5+ at 1 in 3.89 (744,160 of 744,171 left).

The odds of winning at least your $5 back on one Holiday Countdown ticket are 1 in 3.89 (25.69%). The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 7.3 (13.69%).

Holiday Countdown costs $5 per ticket. It is sold at authorized Texas Lottery retailers throughout the state.

Yes — Texas scratch tickets and Texas scratch-offs are the same thing: a paper lottery ticket you scratch to reveal whether it wins. The Texas Lottery lists them under "Scratch Tickets" on its own site. "Scratch Tickets" is simply what most players in Texas call them, while "scratch-off" and "scratch ticket" are the terms used in other states. Every game ranked on this page is the same physical ticket, whichever name you use for it.

Holiday Countdown, a $5 Texas scratch-off, was released on Nov 2, 2026 by the Texas Lottery.