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Weak valueActiveMONEY MATCH · $5 · Florida Lottery
MONEY MATCH: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.26 on average.
▼ -6.6 pts vs launch#14 of 21 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:11 PM
▼ -6.6 pts vs launch#14 of 21 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:11 PM
MONEY MATCH is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.2%, down 6.6 percentage points from the launch value of 71.8%. 1 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 82% of the 16.4M printed tickets have been sold.
65.2%
expected return
1 in 3.85
odds of any win
1 of 4
$1M jackpots left
82%
claimed · 13.4M of 16.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 751,972 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $150, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,817 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.26 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.78 · 55.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.15 · 3.0% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.33 · 6.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
58.6%
Just 1 ticket out of 3M 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
751,645 winning tickets remain in this range: 85% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
82% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2025.
16.4M
tickets printed
13.4M
tickets claimed · 82%
3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
18%
25% of top prizes remain with only 18% 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 21
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 12:11 PM.
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