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Average valueActiveGIANT BUCKS · $5 · Florida Lottery
GIANT BUCKS: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.56 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#6 of 21 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:10 PM
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#6 of 21 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:10 PM
GIANT BUCKS is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.2%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 71.0%. 4 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 11% of the 31.1M printed tickets have been sold.
71.2%
expected return
1 in 3.75
odds of any win
4 of 4
$1M jackpots left
11%
claimed · 3.6M of 31.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 7,289,400 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 2,333 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.56 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.26 · 65.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.16 · 3.2% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.15 · 2.9% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.3%
Just 4 tickets out of 27.6M 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
7,286,356 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
11% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
31.1M
tickets printed
3.6M
tickets claimed · 11%
27.6M
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
89%
100% of top prizes remain with only 89% 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
#6 of 21
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 12:10 PM.
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