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Average valueActiveTHE CASH WHEEL · $5 · Florida Lottery
THE CASH WHEEL: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.58 on average.
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#4 of 17 · $5 FL games
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#4 of 17 · $5 FL games
THE CASH WHEEL is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.6%, down 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 72.8%. 2 of the original 6 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 67% of the 17.9M printed tickets have been sold.
71.6%
expected return
1 in 4.05
odds of any win
2 of 6
$1M jackpots left
67%
claimed · 12M of 17.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,435,707 winning tickets still unclaimed.
24 win more than $5
$6 – $200, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 4,044 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.58 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $6 – $500
$2.99 · 59.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.25 · 5.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.34 · 6.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
64.9%
Just 2 tickets out of 5.9M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$6 – $500 wins
1,434,933 winning tickets remain in this range: 83% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
67% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2024.
17.9M
tickets printed
12M
tickets claimed · 67%
5.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
33%
33% of top prizes remain with only 33% 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
#4 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data.
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