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Exceptional valueActiveSCORCHING HOT 7s · $10 · Florida Lottery
SCORCHING HOT 7s: Exceptional value. A $10 ticket pays back $9.07 on average.
▲ +13.9 pts vs launch#1 of 11 · $10 FL gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
▲ +13.9 pts vs launch#1 of 11 · $10 FL gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
SCORCHING HOT 7s is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 90.7%, up 13.9 percentage points from the launch value of 76.8%. 1 of the original 4 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 96% of the 16.3M printed tickets have been sold.
90.7%
expected return
1 in 3.4
odds of any win
1 of 4
$2M jackpots left
96%
claimed · 15.7M of 16.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 161,078 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$15 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,010 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $9.07 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$5.39 · 53.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.46 · 4.6% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$3.23 · 32.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
58.4%
Just 1 ticket out of 620k carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
160,894 winning tickets remain in this range: 59% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
96% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2025.
16.3M
tickets printed
15.7M
tickets claimed · 96%
620k
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
4%
25% of top prizes remain with only 4% 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 $10 FL peers
#1 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 13, 2026.
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