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Average valueActiveSILVER & GOLD CROSSWORD · $5 · Florida Lottery
SILVER & GOLD CROSSWORD: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.44 on average.
▼ -1.6 pts vs launch#8 of 17 · $5 FL games
▼ -1.6 pts vs launch#8 of 17 · $5 FL games
SILVER & GOLD CROSSWORD is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.8%, down 1.6 percentage points from the launch value of 70.4%. 2 of the original 4 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 49% of the 14.1M printed tickets have been sold.
68.8%
expected return
1 in 3.89
odds of any win
2 of 4
$500K top prizes left
49%
claimed · 6.9M of 14.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,834,355 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $125, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,168 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.44 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.23 · 64.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $500K
$0.21 · 4.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,833,827 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
49% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
14.1M
tickets printed
6.9M
tickets claimed · 49%
7.2M
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
51%
50% of top prizes remain with 51% 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
#8 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data.
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