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Average valueActiveJEOPARDY · $5 · Florida Lottery
JEOPARDY: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.62 on average.
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#4 of 21 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:10 AM
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#4 of 21 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:10 AM
JEOPARDY is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.4%, down 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 73.6%. 4 of the original 10 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 60% of the 19.1M printed tickets have been sold.
72.4%
expected return
1 in 3.86
odds of any win
4 of 10
$1M jackpots left
60%
claimed · 11.5M of 19.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,976,297 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
13 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 3,055 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.62 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.94 · 58.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.16 · 3.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.52 · 10.5% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
61.9%
Just 4 tickets out of 7.6M 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
1,975,415 winning tickets remain in this range: 81% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
60% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2024.
19.1M
tickets printed
11.5M
tickets claimed · 60%
7.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
40%
40% of top prizes remain with only 40% 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
#4 of 21
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 1, 2026, 12:10 AM.
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