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Average valueActiveGIANT BUCKS · $5 · Florida Lottery
GIANT BUCKS: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.53 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#7 of 18 · $5 FL games
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#7 of 18 · $5 FL games
GIANT BUCKS is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.6%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 71.0%. 3 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 26% of the 31.1M printed tickets have been sold.
70.6%
expected return
1 in 3.75
odds of any win
3 of 4
$1M jackpots left
26%
claimed · 8.2M of 31.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 6,042,842 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,352 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.53 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.24 · 64.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.16 · 3.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.13 · 2.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.0%
Just 3 tickets out of 22.9M 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
6,040,360 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
26% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
31.1M
tickets printed
8.2M
tickets claimed · 26%
22.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
74%
75% of top prizes remain with only 74% 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
#7 of 18
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data.
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