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Strong valueActive500X THE CASH · $50 · Florida Lottery
500X THE CASH: Strong value. A $50 ticket pays back $42.13 on average.
▲ +3.4 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $50 FL games
▲ +3.4 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $50 FL games
500X THE CASH is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 84.3%, up 3.4 percentage points from the launch value of 80.8%. 1 of the original 2 $25,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 84% of the 44.2M printed tickets have been sold.
84.3%
expected return
1 in 4.23
odds of any win
1 of 2
$25M jackpots left
84%
claimed · 37M of 44.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,605,201 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $50
$100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 46 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $42.13 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $100 – $500
$30.64 · 61.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$3.64 · 7.3% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$7.86 · 15.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.5%
Just 32 tickets out of 7.1M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$100 – $500 wins
1,596,159 winning tickets remain in this range: 73% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
84% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2024.
44.2M
tickets printed
37M
tickets claimed · 84%
7.1M
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
16%
50% of top prizes remain with only 16% 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 $50 FL peers
#1 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data.
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