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Decent valueActive500X THE CASH · $50 · Florida Lottery
500X THE CASH: Decent value. A $50 ticket pays back $39.44 on average.
▼ -1.1 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $50 FL gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:10 PM
▼ -1.1 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $50 FL gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:10 PM
500X THE CASH is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.9%, down 1.1 percentage points from the launch value of 80.0%. 1 of the original 2 $25,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 33% of the 28.3M printed tickets have been sold.
78.9%
expected return
1 in 4.05
odds of any win
1 of 2
$25M jackpots left
33%
claimed · 9.4M of 28.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 4,586,297 winning tickets still unclaimed.
22 win more than $50
$100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 38 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $39.44 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $100 – $500
$34.35 · 68.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$2.72 · 5.4% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$2.37 · 4.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
74.1%
Just 21 tickets out of 19M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$100 – $500 wins
4,572,878 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
33% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
28.3M
tickets printed
9.4M
tickets claimed · 33%
19M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
67%
50% of top prizes remain with 67% 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 $50 FL peers
#3 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 12:10 PM.
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