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Weak valueActiveBONUS LETTER CROSSWORD · $5 · Florida Lottery
BONUS LETTER CROSSWORD: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.20 on average.
▼ -9.6 pts vs launch#15 of 20 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:11 PM
▼ -9.6 pts vs launch#15 of 20 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:11 PM
BONUS LETTER CROSSWORD is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.0%, down 9.6 percentage points from the launch value of 73.6%. 1 of the original 10 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 92% of the 22.4M printed tickets have been sold.
64.0%
expected return
1 in 4.00
odds of any win
1 of 10
$1M jackpots left
92%
claimed · 20.6M of 22.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 467,562 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
14 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 4,165 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.20 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.54 · 50.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.12 · 2.4% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.53 · 10.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
53.3%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.8M 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
467,361 winning tickets remain in this range: 80% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
92% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2024.
22.4M
tickets printed
20.6M
tickets claimed · 92%
1.8M
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
8%
10% of top prizes remain with only 8% 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
#15 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 6:11 PM.
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