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Weak valueActive$2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE · $5 · Florida Lottery
$2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.10 on average.
▼ -3.2 pts vs launch#16 of 20 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
▼ -3.2 pts vs launch#16 of 20 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
$2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.0%, down 3.2 percentage points from the launch value of 65.2%. 19 of the original 80 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 77% of the 31.2M printed tickets have been sold.
62.0%
expected return
1 in 4.0
odds of any win
19 of 80
$10K top prizes left
77%
claimed · 24M of 31.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,775,710 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,071 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.10 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins - – $500
$2.95 · 58.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.15 · 3.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
- – $500 wins
1,774,888 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
77% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
31.2M
tickets printed
24M
tickets claimed · 77%
7.2M
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
24%
Tickets left
23%
24% of top prizes remain with only 23% 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 $5 FL peers
#16 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 13, 2026.
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