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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 $3.04 on average.
▼ -4.4 pts vs launch#16 of 17 · $5 FL games
▼ -4.4 pts vs launch#16 of 17 · $5 FL games
$2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 60.8%, down 4.4 percentage points from the launch value of 65.2%. 14 of the original 80 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 82% of the 31.2M printed tickets have been sold.
60.8%
expected return
1 in 3.96
odds of any win
14 of 80
$10K top prizes left
82%
claimed · 25.7M of 31.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,358,782 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,179 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.04 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins - – $500
$2.89 · 57.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.15 · 2.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
- – $500 wins
1,358,186 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
82% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
31.2M
tickets printed
25.7M
tickets claimed · 82%
5.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
18%
Tickets left
18%
18% of top prizes remain with 18% 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 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data.
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