How many $500,000 prizes are left in Lucky Numbers?

2 of 16 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,051,415.

What are the odds of winning anything on Lucky Numbers?

1 in 3.68 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.18 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.68, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 7.62.

Is Lucky Numbers worth buying?

Its current payout is 72.6% ($3.63 back per $5 ticket), rank #40 of 70 in Florida. The best $5 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is 50X The Cash (#1553, $5) at 78.2%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Lucky Numbers tickets are left?

We estimate 2,102,829 of roughly 23,496,921 printed tickets are unsold (90.6% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Lucky Numbers launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on December 5, 2022. It is still on sale.

Lucky Numbers — $5 Florida Scratch-Off #1524

Data captured October 25, 2026, 03:34 UTC · launched December 5, 2022

Lucky Numbers Florida scratch-off ticket

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Lucky Numbers (#1524) is a $5 Florida scratch-off launched on December 5, 2022. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #40 of 70 active games on current payout (72.6%, $3.63 expected back per ticket) and #12 of 21 $5 games, #31 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.68) and #14 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,051,415). Since launch the payout has risen 2.7 points (69.9% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 13.4% (1 in 4.18 at launch). 2 of 16 top prizes of $500,000 remain, and we estimate 2,102,829 tickets are still unsold (90.6% sold). That is below average for Florida; the Florida ranking lists show better payouts, including at $5.

Current payout

72.6%

69.9% at launch

Expected value

$3.63

per $5 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.68

1 in 4.18 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.68

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 7.62

win more than $5

$600+ odds

1 in 10,110

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

2 of 16

$500,000 each

Tickets remaining

9.4%

≈ 2,102,829 tickets

Top prize still waiting. Last 9% of tickets, 2 top prizes still waiting: better jackpot odds than on launch day (1 in 1.1 million, was 1 in 1.4 million). More Florida games like this.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Lucky Numbers, 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, 570,756 of 5,623,603 prizes (10.1%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$500,000	1 in 1,398,529	1 in 1,051,415	16	14	2	12.5%
$10,000	1 in 123,627	1 in 105,141	181	161	20	11.0%
$5,000	1 in 24,087	1 in 27,669	929	853	76	8.2%
$1,000	1 in 17,346	1 in 19,117	1,290	1,180	110	8.5%
$500	1 in 8,590	1 in 9,690	2,605	2,388	217	8.3%
$100	1 in 286.0	1 in 318.3	78,309	71,703	6,606	8.4%
$50	1 in 572.0	1 in 640.9	39,152	35,871	3,281	8.4%
$40	1 in 160.0	1 in 172.2	139,959	127,747	12,212	8.7%
$25	1 in 160.0	1 in 174.5	139,953	127,900	12,053	8.6%
$20	1 in 60.0	1 in 63.9	372,941	340,015	32,926	8.8%
$10	1 in 10.0	1 in 10.1	2,237,499	2,029,135	208,364	9.3%
$5	1 in 9.00	1 in 7.13	2,610,769	2,315,880	294,889	11.3%
All prizes	1 in 4.18	1 in 3.68	5,623,603	5,052,847	570,756	10.1%

How Lucky Numbers has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Lucky Numbers. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 24, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 76 remain.
October 20, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 77 remain.
October 15, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 110 remain.
October 7, 2026: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 20 remain.
October 1, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 78 remain.
September 17, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 111 remain.
September 9, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 79 remain.
September 9, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 112 remain.
September 23, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 116 remain.
September 20, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 117 remain.
September 17, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 118 remain.
September 16, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 119 remain.

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

Lucky Numbers: common questions

How many $500,000 prizes are left in Lucky Numbers?: 2 of 16 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,051,415.
What are the odds of winning anything on Lucky Numbers?: 1 in 3.68 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.18 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.68, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 7.62.
Is Lucky Numbers worth buying?: Its current payout is 72.6% ($3.63 back per $5 ticket), rank #40 of 70 in Florida. The best $5 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is 50X The Cash (#1553, $5) at 78.2%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Lucky Numbers tickets are left?: We estimate 2,102,829 of roughly 23,496,921 printed tickets are unsold (90.6% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Lucky Numbers launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on December 5, 2022. It is still on sale.

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