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Average valueActiveBLACK PEARLS · $5 · Florida Lottery
BLACK PEARLS: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.66 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#3 of 18 · $5 FL games
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#3 of 18 · $5 FL games
BLACK PEARLS is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.2%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 73.0%. 4 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 2% of the 14.0M printed tickets have been sold.
73.2%
expected return
1 in 3.93
odds of any win
4 of 4
$1M jackpots left
2%
claimed · 267k of 14M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,492,370 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,148 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.66 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.31 · 66.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.06 · 1.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.29 · 5.8% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
67.4%
Just 4 tickets out of 13.7M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
3,491,752 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
2% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
14M
tickets printed
267k
tickets claimed · 2%
13.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
98%
100% of top prizes remain with only 98% 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
#3 of 18
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data.
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