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Weak valueActive$5,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE · $10 · Florida Lottery
$5,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE: Weak value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.59 on average.
▼ -1.7 pts vs launch#10 of 11 · $10 FL gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:10 PM
▼ -1.7 pts vs launch#10 of 11 · $10 FL gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:10 PM
$5,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.9%, down 1.7 percentage points from the launch value of 67.6%. 13 of the original 50 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 71% of the 22.0M printed tickets have been sold.
65.9%
expected return
1 in 3.30
odds of any win
13 of 50
$20K top prizes left
71%
claimed · 15.6M of 22M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,904,878 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $10
$15 – $200, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 798 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.59 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins - – $500
$6.44 · 64.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.15 · 1.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
- – $500 wins
1,904,379 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
71% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
22M
tickets printed
15.6M
tickets claimed · 71%
6.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
26%
Tickets left
29%
26% of top prizes remain with 29% 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 $10 FL peers
#10 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:10 PM.
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