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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 $1.14 on average.
▼ -5.5 pts vs launch#14 of 15 · $2 FL gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
▼ -5.5 pts vs launch#14 of 15 · $2 FL gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
$1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.0%, down 5.5 percentage points from the launch value of 62.5%. 7 of the original 48 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 83% of the 22.4M printed tickets have been sold.
57.0%
expected return
1 in 4.2
odds of any win
7 of 48
$5K top prizes left
83%
claimed · 18.7M of 22.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 870,050 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 138,411 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.14 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins - – $200
$1.13 · 56.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $5K
$0.01 · 0.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
- – $200 wins
870,023 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
83% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
22.4M
tickets printed
18.7M
tickets claimed · 83%
3.7M
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
15%
Tickets left
17%
15% of top prizes remain with 17% 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
#14 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 13, 2026.
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