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Weak valueActiveLOTERIA · $3 · Florida Lottery
LOTERIA: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.97 on average.
▼ -3.7 pts vs launch#4 of 4 · $3 FL games
▼ -3.7 pts vs launch#4 of 4 · $3 FL games
LOTERIA is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.7%, down 3.7 percentage points from the launch value of 69.3%. 1 of the original 6 $150,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 70% of the 27.0M printed tickets have been sold.
65.7%
expected return
1 in 3.98
odds of any win
1 of 6
$150K top prizes left
70%
claimed · 18.8M of 27M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,063,506 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $3
$5 – $250, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 9,157 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.97 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.94 · 64.8% of price
Mid prizes $10K – $150K
$0.03 · 0.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
2,063,499 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
70% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2025.
27M
tickets printed
18.8M
tickets claimed · 70%
8.2M
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
30%
17% of top prizes remain with 30% 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
#4 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data.
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