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Average valueActiveTHE PRICE IS RIGHT · $5 · Florida Lottery
THE PRICE IS RIGHT: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.68 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#3 of 21 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:11 AM
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#3 of 21 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:11 AM
THE PRICE IS RIGHT is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.6%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 73.6%. 4 of the original 8 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 59% of the 23.0M printed tickets have been sold.
73.6%
expected return
1 in 4.00
odds of any win
4 of 8
$1M jackpots left
59%
claimed · 13.6M of 23M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,336,811 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 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 2,073 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.68 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.94 · 58.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.31 · 6.3% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.42 · 8.5% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
65.1%
Just 4 tickets out of 9.4M 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
2,335,849 winning tickets remain in this range: 80% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
59% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2023.
23M
tickets printed
13.6M
tickets claimed · 59%
9.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
41%
50% of top prizes remain with only 41% 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
#3 of 21
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 1, 2026, 12:11 AM.
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