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Weak valueActiveHAPPY NEW YEAR 2026 · $2 · Florida Lottery
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.22 on average.
▼ -8.0 pts vs launch#9 of 13 · $2 FL games
▼ -8.0 pts vs launch#9 of 13 · $2 FL games
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026 is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 61.0%, down 8.0 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 1 of the original 6 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 79% of the 12.3M printed tickets have been sold.
61.0%
expected return
1 in 4.36
odds of any win
1 of 6
$50K top prizes left
79%
claimed · 9.7M of 12.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 584,501 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$4 – $400, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 39,835 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.22 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $400
$1.17 · 58.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.05 · 2.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $400 wins
584,436 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
79% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2025.
12.3M
tickets printed
9.7M
tickets claimed · 79%
2.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
17%
Tickets left
21%
17% of top prizes remain with 21% 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 $2 FL peers
#9 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data.
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