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Poor valueActive$1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE · $2 · Florida Lottery
$1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.11 on average.
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#13 of 13 · $2 FL games
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#13 of 13 · $2 FL games
$1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 55.5%, down 7.0 percentage points from the launch value of 62.5%. 4 of the original 48 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 87% of the 22.4M printed tickets have been sold.
55.5%
expected return
1 in 4.19
odds of any win
4 of 48
$5K top prizes left
87%
claimed · 19.5M of 22.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 673,453 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 138,731 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.11 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins - – $200
$1.10 · 54.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $5K
$0.01 · 0.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
- – $200 wins
673,432 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
87% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
22.4M
tickets printed
19.5M
tickets claimed · 87%
2.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
8%
Tickets left
13%
8% of top prizes remain with 13% 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 $2 FL peers
#13 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data.
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