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Poor valueActiveBlackjack · $1 · Louisiana Lottery
Blackjack: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.21 on average.
▼ -39.0 pts vs launch#6 of 11 · $1 LA games
▼ -39.0 pts vs launch#6 of 11 · $1 LA games
Blackjack is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 21.0%, down 39.0 percentage points from the launch value of 60.0%. 5 of the original 15 $2,100 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 37% of the 3.6M printed tickets have been sold.
21.0%
expected return
1 in 5.13
odds of any win
5 of 15
$2K top prizes left
37%
claimed · 1.3M of 3.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 179,187 winning tickets still unclaimed.
4 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
4 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
92 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 456,862 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.21 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.21 · 20.6% of price
Mid prizes $2K
$0.00 · 0.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
179,182 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
37% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
3.6M
tickets printed
1.3M
tickets claimed · 37%
2.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
63%
33% of top prizes remain with 63% 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 $1 LA peers
#6 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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