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Average valueActiveTHE CASH WHEEL · $5 · Florida Lottery
THE CASH WHEEL: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.57 on average.
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#6 of 20 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:10 PM
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#6 of 20 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:10 PM
THE CASH WHEEL is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.4%, down 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 72.8%. 2 of the original 6 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 66% of the 17.9M printed tickets have been sold.
71.4%
expected return
1 in 4.05
odds of any win
2 of 6
$1M jackpots left
66%
claimed · 11.8M of 17.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,472,646 winning tickets still unclaimed.
24 win more than $5
$6 – $200, an actual profit
0 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 4,046 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.57 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $6 – $500
$2.99 · 59.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.25 · 5.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.33 · 6.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
64.8%
Just 2 tickets out of 6.1M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$6 – $500 wins
1,471,850 winning tickets remain in this range: 84% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
66% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2024.
17.9M
tickets printed
11.8M
tickets claimed · 66%
6.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
34%
33% of top prizes remain with 34% 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
#6 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 6:10 PM.
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