The Florida Lottery doesn't make the total take publicly available. But if players use FF5's official rules (which they make available on their website) then the total take can be calculated. Even then, when I've manually calculated the total take in the past, I didn't include the dollars that players spend on EZ Match. (That's because they don't make that amount available to the public) They split the total take 50/50. Half is returned to players via the total winning prize pool and the other half goes to the State of Florida.
Here's a cut and paste from FF5's official rules -
FANTASY 5 is a pari-mutuel game. For each draw, 50 percent of net sales (gross sales less cancels and free tickets) from the sale of FANTASY 5 tickets in the corresponding FANTASY 5 sales period shall be allocated as the winning pool for payment of the top prize, second prize and third prize.
(b) The top prize pool shall consist of 62 percent of the winning pool for the drawing plus any money carried forward from the previous draw. Prize money allocated to the top prize pool shall be divided equally among the players who match all five official winning numbers. If there is no top prize winner in a drawing, the top prize pool shall roll down and be added to the second prize pool for that FANTASY 5 drawing.
(c) The second prize pool shall consist of 10 percent of the winning pool for the drawing plus any money rolled down from the top prize. The second prize pool shall be divided equally among the players matching four of five official winning numbers except that the maximum prize amount per winner shall be $555. Any funds in the second prize pool in excess of the second prize liability shall roll down and be added to the third prize pool. If there is no winner in the second prize category for a drawing, the second prize pool shall roll down and be added to the third prize pool.
(d) The third prize pool shall consist of 28 percent of the winning pool for the drawing plus any money rolled down from the second prize pool. The third prize pool shall be divided equally among the players matching three of five official winning numbers. If there is no winner in the third prize category for a drawing, the third prize pool is carried over and added to the top prize pool of the next FANTASY 5 drawing.
(e) A fourth prize shall consist of one free FANTASY 5 quick pick ticket ($1.00 value), except as follows. A player who submits by mail a FANTASY 5 lottery ticket which entitles the claimant to a free FANTASY 5 quick pick ticket and whose mailing address is outside the state of Florida will receive a check for $1.00 in lieu of an actual ticket. Fourth prizes shall not utilize any portion of the winning pool for the drawing. A free FANTASY 5 quick pick ticket shall be for the next FANTASY 5 drawing after the ticket is validated.
So if the total take (net sales for the day's drawing) is $600,000, then $300,000 is allocated to the winning prize pool. 62% of the winning prize pool is allocated to the top prize. (the jackpot) 62% of $300,000 is $186,000. A take of $700,000 results in a winning prize pool of $350,000. 62% of $350,000 is $217,000. So you can easily see that each day the total take is anywhere between $600,000 to $700,000.
My prediction is simply this - most players are unlikely to spend money every day twice a day to play FF5 which is exactly what happened in New York with Take5. Players will probably spend the same amount of money per day they usually do, but do it for one drawing only! So one drawing will very likely see approximately half of the former take, and the second drawing will see the other half. That results in smaller jackpots because the total net sales (the take) for each drawing is smaller. All other FF5 official rules remain the same. The only thing that is changing is the number of draws per day. G5