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$500,000 HOLIDAY CA$HFlorida Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

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48
VALUESCORE
Fair
$10FloridaGame #1612GREEN
At a glance

$500,000 HOLIDAY CA$H costs $10 a ticket from the Florida Lottery. The Florida Lottery stops selling it on October 23, 2026. By our estimate the $500,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 1,228,608 per ticket, down from 1 in 2,677,945. On average it pays back about $0.75 per $1, $0.02 less than the median $10 game in Florida. Its prize pool is nearly spent: 11% of prizes remain.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.46
Exp. Value
$0.75
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$500,000
Top Prizes Left
1
Prizes Remaining
11%
ValueScore™
48 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.75
→
AVERAGE
Nothing wrong with it, but nothing special either; it is 11th of the 14 active $10 games in Florida.
Why
→Most of the larger top and mid-tier prizes have already been won.
  • Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 2.7M at launch, about 1 in 1.2M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $500,000 prizes have been claimed.
  • Low inventory: most of this game's prizes have already been claimed.
  • Each $1 spent here returns about $0.75 on average, comfortably above the typical scratch-off.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14
$500,000
1 of 4 left
launch odds 1 in 2.7M
now ~1 in 1.2M
$10,000
9 of 89 left
launch odds 1 in 120K
now ~1 in 137K
$5,000
32 of 356 left
launch odds 1 in 30K
now ~1 in 38K
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeOddsTotalLeftStatus
$500,0001 in 2,674,20041
25%
$10,0001 in 120,189899
10%
$5,0001 in 30,04735632
9%
$1,0001 in 5,0222,130233
11%
$5001 in 1,2008,912845
9%
$2501 in 1,1958,951858
10%
$1001 in 60178,38916,731
9%
$501 in 60178,19317,350
10%
$401 in 24044,5724,934
11%
$201 in 15713,12082,930
12%
$151 in 12891,34896,371
11%
$101 in 101,069,826134,795
13%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$80,356,060
Current Prize Pool
$8,810,075
Payout Percentage
11.0%
Total Prizes Remaining
355,089

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
10,711,779
Estimated Remaining
1,228,608
% Remaining
11.5%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

The one $500,000 top prize left on March 6, when our records for it began, is still unclaimed.

10
March 6October 14

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for Florida's $10 games (0.6% 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

48
VALUESCORE
Fair
48
out of 100
Expected Value
27/40
Prize Quality
2/25
Win Frequency
15/20
Inventory Health
4/15
Updated: 10/14/2026

Game Details

State
Florida
Game Number
1612
Ticket Price
$10
Start Date
10/27/2025
Payout %
75.1%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/14/2026

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$10.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.46 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the $500,000 HOLIDAY CA$H scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. $500,000 HOLIDAY CA$H scores 48/100 (Fair) and is 11th of the 14 active $10 games in Florida. It pays back about $0.75 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $10 tickets are listed on the Florida rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the $500,000 HOLIDAY CA$H scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with $500,000 HOLIDAY CA$H are 1 in 3.46. This means roughly 1 in every 3 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for $500,000 HOLIDAY CA$H?
The top prize for $500,000 HOLIDAY CA$H is $500,000. As of our latest update, 1 top prize remains unclaimed.
How many prizes are left in $500,000 HOLIDAY CA$H?
Based on our latest data, 11% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 355,089 out of 3,095,890 total). The vast majority of prizes have been claimed. This game is close to being retired.

Every $10 ticket in Florida

All 14 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
$2,000,000 Spectacular921 in 3.3878.5%$2M · 65.4%
CA$H IN HAND781 in 3.4776.8%$2M · 32.2%
JUMBO BUCKS741 in 3.5076.5%$2M · 31.3%
100X THE CASH681 in 3.4076.5%$2M · 30.7%
DOUBLE DIAMOND CASHWORD611 in 3.2473.8%$2M · 20.6%
$2,000,000 Fortune541 in 3.4476.2%$2M · 10.9%
$5,000 A Week For Life511 in 3.3074.4%$3.9M · 10.2%
Ultimate VIP Ca$hword511 in 3.3777.6%$2M · 00.2%
Scorching Hot 7s491 in 3.3976.5%$2M · 10.0%
$500,000 HOLIDAY CA$H (this game)481 in 3.4675.1%$500K · 10.0%

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.