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Poor valueActive$500 A WEEK FOR LIFE · $1 · Florida Lottery
$500 A WEEK FOR LIFE: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.49 on average.
▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $1 FL gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $1 FL gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
$500 A WEEK FOR LIFE is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 49.0%, down 5.0 percentage points from the launch value of 54.0%. 4 of the original 28 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 79% of the 19.5M printed tickets have been sold.
49.0%
expected return
1 in 4.8
odds of any win
4 of 28
$1K top prizes left
79%
claimed · 15.5M of 19.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 812,853 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $1
$2 – $200, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 999,956 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.49 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins - – $200
$0.49 · 48.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.00 · 0.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
- – $200 wins
812,849 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
79% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
19.5M
tickets printed
15.5M
tickets claimed · 79%
4M
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
14%
Tickets left
21%
14% of top prizes remain with 21% 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 $1 FL peers
#6 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 13, 2026.
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