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$2,500 A Week For Life — $5 Florida Scratch-Off #1600

Data captured September 9, 2026 · launched July 1, 2025

$2,500 A Week For Life (#1600) is a $5 Florida scratch-off launched on July 1, 2025. As of September 9, 2026 it ranks #78 of 84 active games on current payout (63.7%, $3.18 expected back per ticket) and #24 of 25 $5 games, #48 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.87) and #5 on top-prize odds (1 in 377,846). Since launch the payout has fallen 0.7 points (64.4% at launch) and the any-prize odds have improved 2.2% (1 in 3.96 at launch). 14 of 80 top prizes of $2,500 remain, and we estimate 5,289,851 tickets are still unsold (83.4% sold). That is below average for Florida; the Florida ranking lists show better payouts, including at $5.

Current payout
63.7%
64.4% at launch
Expected value
$3.18
per $5 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 3.87
1 in 3.96 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 3.87
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 6.77
win more than $5
$600+ odds
1 in 8,744
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
14 of 80
$2,500 each
Tickets remaining
16.6%
≈ 5,289,851 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $2,500 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. Across all tiers, 1,365,817 of 7,838,327 prizes (17.4%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$10,000 1 in 388,030 1 in 377,846 80 66 14 17.5%
$2,000 1 in 59,468 1 in 65,307 522 441 81 15.5%
$1,000 1 in 9,998 1 in 10,372 3,105 2,595 510 16.4%
$500 1 in 2,397 1 in 2,718 12,948 11,002 1,946 15.0%
$100 1 in 240.0 1 in 258.9 129,282 108,850 20,432 15.8%
$50 1 in 240.0 1 in 260.0 129,535 109,190 20,345 15.7%
$30 1 in 193.0 1 in 211.7 160,431 135,448 24,983 15.6%
$25 1 in 195.0 1 in 214.4 159,145 134,471 24,674 15.5%
$20 1 in 60.0 1 in 63.6 517,373 434,144 83,229 16.1%
$10 1 in 9.00 1 in 8.75 3,621,610 3,016,966 604,644 16.7%
$5 1 in 10.0 1 in 9.04 3,104,292 2,519,334 584,958 18.8%
$2,500 WK/LIFE 1 in 7,760,595 1 in 5,289,851 4 3 1 25.0%
All prizes1 in 3.961 in 3.87 7,838,3276,472,510 1,365,81717.4%

How $2,500 A Week For Life has moved

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Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $2,500 A Week For Life. 93 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

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

$2,500 A Week For Life: common questions

How many $2,500 prizes are left in $2,500 A Week For Life?
14 of 80 as of September 9, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 377,846.
What are the odds of winning anything on $2,500 A Week For Life?
1 in 3.87 today, compared with 1 in 3.96 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.87, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 6.77.
Is $2,500 A Week For Life worth buying?
Its current payout is 63.7% ($3.18 back per $5 ticket), rank #78 of 84 in Florida. The best $5 alternative today is Bonus Letter Crossword (#1557, $5) at 91.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $2,500 A Week For Life tickets are left?
We estimate 5,289,851 of roughly 31,042,380 printed tickets are unsold (83.4% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $2,500 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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