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Weak valueActiveBONUS LETTER CROSSWORD · $5 · Florida Lottery
BONUS LETTER CROSSWORD: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.19 on average.
▼ -9.8 pts vs launch#16 of 21 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:11 AM
▼ -9.8 pts vs launch#16 of 21 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:11 AM
BONUS LETTER CROSSWORD is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.8%, down 9.8 percentage points from the launch value of 73.6%. 1 of the original 10 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 94% of the 22.4M printed tickets have been sold.
63.8%
expected return
1 in 4.00
odds of any win
1 of 10
$1M jackpots left
94%
claimed · 21M of 22.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 364,168 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 4,647 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.19 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.39 · 47.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.11 · 2.2% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.69 · 13.8% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
50.0%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.4M 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
364,024 winning tickets remain in this range: 75% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
94% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2024.
22.4M
tickets printed
21M
tickets claimed · 94%
1.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
10%
Tickets left
6%
10% of top prizes remain with only 6% 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
#16 of 21
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 1, 2026, 12:11 AM.
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