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Average valueActiveGIANT BUCKS · $5 · Florida Lottery
GIANT BUCKS: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.53 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#5 of 17 · $5 FL games
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#5 of 17 · $5 FL games
GIANT BUCKS is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.6%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 71.0%. 3 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 20% of the 31.1M printed tickets have been sold.
70.6%
expected return
1 in 3.75
odds of any win
3 of 4
$1M jackpots left
20%
claimed · 6.3M of 31.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 6,551,414 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,336 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.53 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.25 · 65.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.16 · 3.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.12 · 2.4% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.2%
Just 3 tickets out of 24.8M 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
6,548,705 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
20% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
31.1M
tickets printed
6.3M
tickets claimed · 20%
24.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
80%
75% of top prizes remain with 80% 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
#5 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data.
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