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Poor valueActive$1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE · $2 · Florida Lottery
$1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.12 on average.
▼ -6.5 pts vs launch#15 of 16 · $2 FL gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:11 PM
▼ -6.5 pts vs launch#15 of 16 · $2 FL gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:11 PM
$1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 56.0%, down 6.5 percentage points from the launch value of 62.5%. 5 of the original 48 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 86% of the 22.4M printed tickets have been sold.
56.0%
expected return
1 in 4.19
odds of any win
5 of 48
$5K top prizes left
86%
claimed · 19.2M of 22.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 745,619 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 139,815 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.12 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins - – $200
$1.11 · 55.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $5K
$0.01 · 0.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
- – $200 wins
745,596 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
86% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
22.4M
tickets printed
19.2M
tickets claimed · 86%
3.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
10%
Tickets left
14%
10% of top prizes remain with 14% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Florida Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $2 FL peers
#15 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 12:11 PM.
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