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Average valueActiveBIG BUCKS · $2 · Florida Lottery
BIG BUCKS: Average value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.36 on average.
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#3 of 14 · $2 FL games
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#3 of 14 · $2 FL games
BIG BUCKS is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.0%, down 1.5 percentage points from the launch value of 69.5%. 8 of the original 12 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 31% of the 22.4M printed tickets have been sold.
68.0%
expected return
1 in 4.66
odds of any win
8 of 12
$50K top prizes left
31%
claimed · 6.9M of 22.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,313,347 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 8,899 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.36 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.33 · 66.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.03 · 1.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
3,313,257 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
31% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
22.4M
tickets printed
6.9M
tickets claimed · 31%
15.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
69%
67% of top prizes remain with 69% 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 $2 FL peers
#3 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data.
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