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Decent valueActiveMEGA BUCKS · $20 · Florida Lottery
MEGA BUCKS: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.71 on average.
▼ -0.0 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $20 FL games
▼ -0.0 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $20 FL games
MEGA BUCKS is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.6%, down 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 78.6%. 3 of the original 4 $5,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 24% of the 15.2M printed tickets have been sold.
78.6%
expected return
1 in 2.98
odds of any win
3 of 4
$5M jackpots left
24%
claimed · 3.6M of 15.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,890,434 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $20
$30 – $300, an actual profit
17 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
66 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 345 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.71 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.75 · 68.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.67 · 3.3% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$1.29 · 6.5% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
72.1%
Just 3 tickets out of 11.6M carry the $5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
3,887,686 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
24% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
15.2M
tickets printed
3.6M
tickets claimed · 24%
11.6M
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
76%
75% of top prizes remain with 76% 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 $20 FL peers
#2 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data.
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