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Decent valueActive500X THE CASH · $50 · Florida Lottery
500X THE CASH: Decent value. A $50 ticket pays back $39.35 on average.
▼ -1.3 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $50 FL gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
▼ -1.3 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $50 FL gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
500X THE CASH is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.7%, down 1.3 percentage points from the launch value of 80.0%. 1 of the original 2 $25,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 25% of the 28.3M printed tickets have been sold.
78.7%
expected return
1 in 4.0
odds of any win
1 of 2
$25M jackpots left
25%
claimed · 7.2M of 28.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 5,125,183 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 $39.35 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $100 – $500
$34.41 · 68.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$2.71 · 5.4% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$2.22 · 4.4% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
74.3%
Just 23 tickets out of 21.1M 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
5,110,287 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
25% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
28.3M
tickets printed
7.2M
tickets claimed · 25%
21.1M
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
75%
50% of top prizes remain with 75% 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 Jun 13, 2026.
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