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Decent valueActiveTHE PRICE IS RIGHT · $5 · Florida Lottery
THE PRICE IS RIGHT: Decent value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.78 on average.
▲ +2.0 pts vs launch#2 of 20 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:12 PM
▲ +2.0 pts vs launch#2 of 20 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:12 PM
THE PRICE IS RIGHT is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.6%, up 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 73.6%. 5 of the original 8 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 58% of the 23.0M printed tickets have been sold.
75.6%
expected return
1 in 4.00
odds of any win
5 of 8
$1M jackpots left
58%
claimed · 13.5M of 23M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,361,942 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 2,066 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.78 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 · 6.2% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.52 · 10.5% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
65.1%
Just 5 tickets out of 9.5M 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
2,360,971 winning tickets remain in this range: 78% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
58% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2023.
23M
tickets printed
13.5M
tickets claimed · 58%
9.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
63%
Tickets left
42%
63% of top prizes remain with only 42% 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
#2 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 6:12 PM.
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