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Poor valueActive5 TIMES LUCKY · $5 · Florida Lottery
5 TIMES LUCKY: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.88 on average.
▼ -14.4 pts vs launch#19 of 20 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:11 PM
▼ -14.4 pts vs launch#19 of 20 · $5 FL gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:11 PM
5 TIMES LUCKY is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.6%, down 14.4 percentage points from the launch value of 72.0%. 0 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 93% of the 16.5M printed tickets have been sold.
57.6%
expected return
1 in 3.90
odds of any win
0 of 4
$1M jackpots left
93%
claimed · 15.3M of 16.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 288,415 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $150, an actual profit
13 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 4,075 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.88 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.77 · 55.4% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $10K
$0.11 · 2.2% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
57.6%
Just 0 tickets out of 1.2M 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
288,373 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
93% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2025.
16.5M
tickets printed
15.3M
tickets claimed · 93%
1.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
7%
0% of top prizes remain with 7% 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
#19 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:11 PM.
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