The Cash Wheel is a $5 ticket from the Florida Lottery. It has been on sale since August 2024, and 32% of its prizes are still unclaimed. None of its winning tickets pays $5 or less: every prize is worth more than the ticket.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- A leaner 25% chance of winning per ticket (1 in 4.05), below most games.
- Expected value of $0.72 per $1 is about average, a typical return for a ticket at this price.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 | 1 in 2,963,170 | 6 | 2 | 33% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 216,817 | 82 | 30 | 37% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 59,263 | 300 | 112 | 37% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 9,260 | 1,920 | 620 | 32% |
| $500 | 1 in 8,081 | 2,200 | 676 | 31% |
| $200 | 1 in 690 | 25,752 | 7,936 | 31% |
| $100 | 1 in 339 | 52,380 | 16,243 | 31% |
| $50 | 1 in 375 | 47,376 | 14,655 | 31% |
| $40 | 1 in 360 | 49,390 | 15,396 | 31% |
| $30 | 1 in 300 | 59,241 | 18,573 | 31% |
| $20 | 1 in 50 | 355,546 | 111,757 | 31% |
| $15 | 1 in 50 | 355,471 | 112,848 | 32% |
| $10 | 1 in 17 | 1,067,207 | 342,000 | 32% |
| $6 | 1 in 8 | 2,370,223 | 771,665 | 33% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 2 $1,000,000 top prizes left on March 6, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for Florida's $5 games (0.5% 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
- 5059
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 8/12/2024
- Payout %
- 72.1%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/14/2026
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Every $5 ticket in Florida
All 26 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Pearls | 67 | 1 in 3.93 | 73.1% | $1M · 3 | 6.4% |
| GIANT BUCKS | 63 | 1 in 3.75 | 70.3% | $1M · 3 | 1.2% |
| 50X THE CASH | 57 | 1 in 3.81 | 71.1% | $1M · 7 | 0.5% |
| POWER 20X | 56 | 1 in 3.91 | 72.5% | $1M · 2 | 4.2% |
| Jeopardy! | 55 | 1 in 3.86 | 73.6% | $1M · 4 | 0.0% |
| America 250 Florida | 54 | 1 in 4.01 | 72.3% | $1M · 2 | 0.6% |
| The Price is Right™ | 48 | 1 in 4.00 | 72.8% | $1M · 4 | 0.1% |
| Silver & Gold Crossword | 47 | 1 in 3.89 | 70.4% | $500K · 2 | 1.2% |
| $1,000,000 Cash Stacks | 45 | 1 in 3.95 | 72.6% | $1M · 1 | 1.8% |
| The Cash Wheel (this game) | 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.