Florida· Launched Apr 2026· 212 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.69
USA percentile
59th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
2
$500,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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SILVER & GOLD CROSSWORD is a $5 scratch-off game from the Florida lottery (game #1628). It launched in April 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $500,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the Florida lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.89. Our models put its expected value at 0.69 per dollar, returning about $0.69 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 14 of 22 $5 games on sale in Florida.
THE THESIS
At 0.69 EV/$, this game ranks 14 of 22 same-price games on sale in Florida (median 0.70).
Total unclaimed prize value: $18.62M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
Where this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active FL games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.
Trailing 7-day claim rate 18% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
1 other FL game above break-even at this time.
Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.
States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.
ABOUT THIS GAME
As of November 4, 2026, 2 of the 4 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 10 prize levels the lottery reports, 1,388,965 of 3,614,724 prizes (38%) remain; the thinnest level is $500, with 35% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $3.45 on average (0.69 per dollar), which ranks 14 of 22 $5 games on sale in Florida, below the $5 median of 0.70. Among every Florida game with a computable value it is 54 of 107; nationally it sits in the 59th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 165,564 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize.
Figures come from the prize data the Florida lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the November 4, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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