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Weak valueActiveLUCKY NUMBERS · $5 · Florida Lottery
LUCKY NUMBERS: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.23 on average.
▼ -5.6 pts vs launch#14 of 20 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:12 AM
▼ -5.6 pts vs launch#14 of 20 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 12:12 AM
LUCKY NUMBERS is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.6%, down 5.6 percentage points from the launch value of 70.2%. 2 of the original 16 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 88% of the 22.5M printed tickets have been sold.
64.6%
expected return
1 in 3.98
odds of any win
2 of 16
$500K top prizes left
88%
claimed · 19.8M of 22.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 638,895 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 5,425 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.23 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.55 · 51.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $500K
$0.68 · 13.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
638,660 winning tickets remain in this range: 79% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
88% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2022.
22.5M
tickets printed
19.8M
tickets claimed · 88%
2.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
13%
Tickets left
12%
13% of top prizes remain with only 12% 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
#14 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 12:12 AM.
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