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Decent valueActive500X THE CASH · $50 · Florida Lottery
500X THE CASH: Decent value. A $50 ticket pays back $39.42 on average.
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $50 FL games
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $50 FL games
500X THE CASH is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.8%, down 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 80.0%. 1 of the original 2 $25,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 37% of the 28.3M printed tickets have been sold.
78.8%
expected return
1 in 4.05
odds of any win
1 of 2
$25M jackpots left
37%
claimed · 10.5M of 28.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 4,296,909 winning tickets still unclaimed.
22 win more than $50
$100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 38 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $39.42 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $100 – $500
$34.30 · 68.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$2.70 · 5.4% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$2.42 · 4.8% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
74.0%
Just 19 tickets out of 17.8M 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
4,284,422 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
37% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
28.3M
tickets printed
10.5M
tickets claimed · 37%
17.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
63%
50% of top prizes remain with 63% 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
#3 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data.
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