How many $5,000 prizes are left in $1,000 A Week For Life?

4 of 48 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 570,067.

What are the odds of winning anything on $1,000 A Week For Life?

1 in 4.08 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.19 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.08, and the odds of winning more than the $2 ticket price are 1 in 7.85.

Is $1,000 A Week For Life worth buying?

Its current payout is 57.7% ($1.15 back per $2 ticket), rank #70 of 70 in Florida. The best $2 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Red, White & Blue Cash (#1631, $2) at 77.6%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many $1,000 A Week For Life tickets are left?

We estimate 2,280,267 of roughly 22,367,100 printed tickets are unsold (89.8% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did $1,000 A Week For Life launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on July 1, 2025. It is still on sale.

$1,000 A Week For Life — $2 Florida Scratch-Off #1599

Data captured October 25, 2026, 03:34 UTC · launched July 1, 2025

$1,000 A Week For Life Florida scratch-off ticket

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$1,000 A Week For Life (#1599) is a $2 Florida scratch-off launched on July 1, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #70 of 70 active games on current payout (57.7%, $1.15 expected back per ticket) and #14 of 14 $2 games, #49 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.08) and #7 on top-prize odds (1 in 570,067). Since launch the payout has fallen 4.0 points (61.8% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 2.9% (1 in 4.19 at launch). 4 of 48 top prizes of $5,000 remain, and we estimate 2,280,267 tickets are still unsold (89.8% sold). That is below average for Florida; the Florida ranking lists show better payouts, including at $2.

Current payout

57.7%

61.8% at launch

Expected value

$1.15

per $2 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 4.08

1 in 4.19 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 4.08

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 7.85

win more than $2

$600+ odds

1 in 134,133

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

4 of 48

$5,000 each

Tickets remaining

10.2%

≈ 2,280,267 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $1,000 A Week For Life, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. To set its odds of $1,000 or more (or any other prize size) against every other Florida game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 559,411 of 5,334,888 prizes (10.5%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$5,000	1 in 465,981	1 in 570,067	48	44	4	8.3%
$1,000	1 in 159,765	1 in 175,405	140	127	13	9.3%
$200	1 in 5,968	1 in 8,414	3,748	3,477	271	7.2%
$100	1 in 1,808	1 in 2,393	12,372	11,419	953	7.7%
$40	1 in 899.0	1 in 1,178	24,886	22,950	1,936	7.8%
$30	1 in 300.0	1 in 392.7	74,635	68,828	5,807	7.8%
$20	1 in 150.0	1 in 184.4	149,114	136,751	12,363	8.3%
$10	1 in 42.0	1 in 45.0	536,745	486,105	50,640	9.4%
$5	1 in 62.0	1 in 66.5	358,022	323,715	34,307	9.6%
$4	1 in 12.0	1 in 12.4	1,938,423	1,754,362	184,061	9.5%
$2	1 in 10.0	1 in 8.48	2,236,751	1,967,696	269,055	12.0%
$1,000 WK/LIFE	1 in 5,591,775	1 in 2,280,267	4	3	1	25.0%
All prizes	1 in 4.19	1 in 4.08	5,334,888	4,775,477	559,411	10.5%

How $1,000 A Week For Life has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $1,000 A Week For Life. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 22, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 13 remain.
September 11, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 14 remain.
September 9, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 15 remain.
September 27, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 85 remain.
September 23, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 28 remain.
September 23, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 86 remain.
September 20, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 29 remain.
September 20, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 87 remain.
September 18, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 88 remain.
September 17, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 90 remain.
September 16, 2025: 4 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 91 remain.
September 10, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 95 remain.

Derived from day-to-day changes in the official remaining-prize counts, so the date is when the lottery published the change.

$1,000 A Week For Life: common questions

How many $5,000 prizes are left in $1,000 A Week For Life?: 4 of 48 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 570,067.
What are the odds of winning anything on $1,000 A Week For Life?: 1 in 4.08 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.19 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.08, and the odds of winning more than the $2 ticket price are 1 in 7.85.
Is $1,000 A Week For Life worth buying?: Its current payout is 57.7% ($1.15 back per $2 ticket), rank #70 of 70 in Florida. The best $2 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Red, White & Blue Cash (#1631, $2) at 77.6%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $1,000 A Week For Life tickets are left?: We estimate 2,280,267 of roughly 22,367,100 printed tickets are unsold (89.8% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $1,000 A Week For Life launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on July 1, 2025. It is still on sale.

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