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Poor valueActiveFlamingo Bingo · $3 · Louisiana Lottery
Flamingo Bingo: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $0.48 on average.
▼ -46.0 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $3 LA games
▼ -46.0 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $3 LA games
Flamingo Bingo is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 16.0%, down 46.0 percentage points from the launch value of 62.0%. 1 of the original 5 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 60% of the 1.5M printed tickets have been sold.
16.0%
expected return
1 in 4.07
odds of any win
1 of 5
$50K top prizes left
60%
claimed · 878k of 1.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 41,438 winning tickets still unclaimed.
4 win more than $3
$4 – $300, an actual profit
3 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
93 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 291,721 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.48 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $300
$0.40 · 13.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.08 · 2.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $300 wins
41,436 winning tickets remain in this range: 84% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
60% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
1.5M
tickets printed
878k
tickets claimed · 60%
583k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
40%
20% of top prizes remain with 40% 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 $3 LA peers
#5 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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