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Weak valueActiveLUCKY BUCKS · $1 · Florida Lottery
LUCKY BUCKS: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.61 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#2 of 3 · $1 FL games
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#2 of 3 · $1 FL games
LUCKY BUCKS is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 61.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 62.0%. 18 of the original 24 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 19% of the 25.0M printed tickets have been sold.
61.0%
expected return
1 in 4.72
odds of any win
18 of 24
$10K top prizes left
19%
claimed · 4.7M of 25M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 4,291,660 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $1
$2 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,130,521 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.61 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $200
$0.60 · 60.1% of price
Mid prizes $10K
$0.01 · 0.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $200 wins
4,291,642 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
19% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
25M
tickets printed
4.7M
tickets claimed · 19%
20.3M
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
81%
75% of top prizes remain with 81% 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 $1 FL peers
#2 of 3
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data.
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