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Average valueActiveGOLD MINE · $3 · Florida Lottery
GOLD MINE: Average value. A $3 ticket pays back $2.04 on average.
▼ -1.7 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $3 FL games
▼ -1.7 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $3 FL games
GOLD MINE is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.0%, down 1.7 percentage points from the launch value of 69.7%. 2 of the original 4 $150,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 68% of the 14.1M printed tickets have been sold.
68.0%
expected return
1 in 3.99
odds of any win
2 of 4
$150K top prizes left
68%
claimed · 9.6M of 14.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,139,650 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $3
$5 – $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 6,216 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.04 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.92 · 63.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $150K
$0.12 · 4.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
1,139,479 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
68% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
14.1M
tickets printed
9.6M
tickets claimed · 68%
4.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
32%
50% of top prizes remain with only 32% 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 $3 FL peers
#2 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data.
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