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

Data captured September 12, 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 12, 2026 it ranks #78 of 84 active games on current payout (63.7%, $3.19 expected back per ticket) and #24 of 25 $5 games, #47 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.87) and #5 on top-prize odds (1 in 374,390). Since launch the payout has fallen 0.7 points (64.4% at launch) and the any-prize odds have improved 2.3% (1 in 3.96 at launch). 14 of 80 top prizes of $2,500 remain, and we estimate 5,241,461 tickets are still unsold (83.5% 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
$3.19
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 8,854
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
14 of 80
$2,500 each
Tickets remaining
16.5%
≈ 5,241,461 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, 1,354,798 of 7,838,327 prizes (17.3%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$10,000 1 in 388,030 1 in 374,390 80 66 14 17.5%
$2,000 1 in 59,468 1 in 66,348 522 443 79 15.1%
$1,000 1 in 9,998 1 in 10,504 3,105 2,606 499 16.1%
$500 1 in 2,397 1 in 2,719 12,948 11,020 1,928 14.9%
$100 1 in 240.0 1 in 258.9 129,282 109,037 20,245 15.7%
$50 1 in 240.0 1 in 259.8 129,535 109,357 20,178 15.6%
$30 1 in 193.0 1 in 211.7 160,431 135,674 24,757 15.4%
$25 1 in 195.0 1 in 214.6 159,145 134,722 24,423 15.3%
$20 1 in 60.0 1 in 63.5 517,373 434,837 82,536 16.0%
$10 1 in 9.00 1 in 8.74 3,621,610 3,022,091 599,519 16.6%
$5 1 in 10.0 1 in 9.03 3,104,292 2,523,673 580,619 18.7%
$2,500 WK/LIFE 1 in 7,760,595 1 in 5,241,461 4 3 1 25.0%
All prizes1 in 3.961 in 3.87 7,838,3276,483,529 1,354,79817.3%

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. 96 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 12, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 374,390.
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% ($3.19 back per $5 ticket), rank #78 of 84 in Florida. The best $5 alternative today is Bonus Letter Crossword (#1557, $5) at 91.5%. 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 5,241,461 of roughly 31,042,380 printed tickets are unsold (83.5% 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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