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Poor valueActive$100,000 Cash Stacks · $5 · Louisiana Lottery
$100,000 Cash Stacks: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.81 on average.
▼ -6.2 pts vs launch#2 of 8 · $5 LA games
▼ -6.2 pts vs launch#2 of 8 · $5 LA games
$100,000 Cash Stacks is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 56.2%, down 6.2 percentage points from the launch value of 62.4%. 4 of the original 5 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 12% of the 1.7M printed tickets have been sold.
56.2%
expected return
1 in 4.25
odds of any win
4 of 5
$100K top prizes left
12%
claimed · 195k of 1.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 318,559 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 24,405 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.81 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $200
$2.55 · 50.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.26 · 5.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $200 wins
318,498 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
12% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
1.7M
tickets printed
195k
tickets claimed · 12%
1.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
80%
Tickets left
88%
80% of top prizes remain with 88% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Louisiana Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $5 LA peers
#2 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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