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Poor valueActive500 Frenzy · $5 · Louisiana Lottery
500 Frenzy: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $0.34 on average.
▼ -55.6 pts vs launch#8 of 8 · $5 LA games
▼ -55.6 pts vs launch#8 of 8 · $5 LA games
500 Frenzy is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 6.8%, down 55.6 percentage points from the launch value of 62.4%. 153 of the original 3,574 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 54% of the 1.8M printed tickets have been sold.
6.8%
expected return
1 in 4.25
odds of any win
153 of 3,574
$500 top prizes left
54%
claimed · 983k of 1.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 30,040 winning tickets still unclaimed.
2 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
2 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
96 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 5,376 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.34 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$0.34 · 6.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
30,040 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
54% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
1.8M
tickets printed
983k
tickets claimed · 54%
823k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
4%
Tickets left
46%
4% of top prizes remain with 46% 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
#8 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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