Silver & Gold CrosswordFlorida Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Silver & Gold Crossword is a $5 ticket from the Florida Lottery. With tickets selling faster than its top prizes are claimed, our estimate for the $500,000 prize has improved to about 1 in 2,864,174, from 1 in 3,515,319 at launch. Its expected return of $0.70 per $1 sits $0.02 below the typical $5 ticket in Florida.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 3.5M at launch, about 1 in 2.9M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $500,000 prizes have been claimed.
- $0.70 returned per dollar is roughly what most scratch-offs pay right now.
- This game is partway played through, with a fair share of prizes remaining.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500,000 | 1 in 3,514,005 | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 13,124 | 1,071 | 421 | 39% |
| $500 | 1 in 1,201 | 11,701 | 4,391 | 38% |
| $125 | 1 in 1,203 | 11,685 | 4,431 | 38% |
| $100 | 1 in 602 | 23,367 | 8,847 | 38% |
| $75 | 1 in 480 | 29,300 | 11,030 | 38% |
| $50 | 1 in 120 | 117,173 | 44,559 | 38% |
| $25 | 1 in 60 | 234,267 | 90,616 | 39% |
| $10 | 1 in 10 | 1,405,488 | 566,462 | 40% |
| $5 | 1 in 8 | 1,780,668 | 741,824 | 42% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on April 8, 2 $500,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on July 19.
- July 19, 20261 claimed · 2 left
- April 26, 20261 claimed · 3 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, faster than the average for Florida's $5 games (0.7% a week).
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- Florida
- Game Number
- 1628
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 4/6/2026
- Payout %
- 70.4%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $5 ticket in Florida
All 26 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Pearls | 66 | 1 in 3.93 | 73.1% | $1M · 3 | 6.2% |
| GIANT BUCKS | 60 | 1 in 3.75 | 70.3% | $1M · 3 | 1.1% |
| 50X THE CASH | 58 | 1 in 3.81 | 71.1% | $1M · 7 | 0.5% |
| POWER 20X | 55 | 1 in 3.91 | 72.5% | $1M · 2 | 3.7% |
| Jeopardy! | 55 | 1 in 3.86 | 73.6% | $1M · 4 | 0.0% |
| America 250 Florida | 54 | 1 in 4.01 | 72.3% | $1M · 2 | 0.5% |
| The Price is Right™ | 48 | 1 in 4.00 | 72.8% | $1M · 4 | 0.1% |
| Silver & Gold Crossword (this game) | 46 | 1 in 3.89 | 70.4% | $500K · 2 | 1.1% |
| $1,000,000 Cash Stacks | 45 | 1 in 3.95 | 72.6% | $1M · 1 | 1.8% |
| The Cash Wheel | 44 | 1 in 4.05 | 72.1% | $1M · 2 | 0.1% |
Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.