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Poor valueActive$250,000 HOLIDAY CA$H · $5 · Florida Lottery
$250,000 HOLIDAY CA$H: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.90 on average.
▼ -12.0 pts vs launch#19 of 20 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
▼ -12.0 pts vs launch#19 of 20 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
$250,000 HOLIDAY CA$H is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.0%, down 12.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 2 of the original 4 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 92% of the 12.7M printed tickets have been sold.
58.0%
expected return
1 in 3.7
odds of any win
2 of 4
$250K top prizes left
92%
claimed · 11.8M of 12.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 231,671 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 4,714 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.90 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.34 · 46.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.56 · 11.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
231,634 winning tickets remain in this range: 81% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
92% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
12.7M
tickets printed
11.8M
tickets claimed · 92%
985k
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
8%
50% of top prizes remain with only 8% 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
#19 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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