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Average valueActiveTHE CASH WHEEL · $5 · Florida Lottery
THE CASH WHEEL: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.58 on average.
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#5 of 21 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:10 AM
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#5 of 21 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:10 AM
THE CASH WHEEL is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.6%, down 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 72.8%. 2 of the original 6 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 67% of the 17.9M printed tickets have been sold.
71.6%
expected return
1 in 4.05
odds of any win
2 of 6
$1M jackpots left
67%
claimed · 11.9M of 17.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,449,422 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 4,059 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.58 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 · 6.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
64.9%
Just 2 tickets out of 6M 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
1,448,643 winning tickets remain in this range: 84% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
67% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2024.
17.9M
tickets printed
11.9M
tickets claimed · 67%
6M
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
33%
33% of top prizes remain with 33% 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
#5 of 21
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 1, 2026, 12:10 AM.
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