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Poor valueActiveIt'S A Louisiana Thing! · $10 · Louisiana Lottery
It'S A Louisiana Thing!: Poor value. A $10 ticket pays back $4.53 on average.
▼ -18.5 pts vs launch#3 of 3 · $10 LA games
▼ -18.5 pts vs launch#3 of 3 · $10 LA games
It'S A Louisiana Thing! is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 45.3%, down 18.5 percentage points from the launch value of 63.8%. 2 of the original 5 $235,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 37% of the 1.6M printed tickets have been sold.
45.3%
expected return
1 in 3.26
odds of any win
2 of 5
$235K top prizes left
37%
claimed · 581k of 1.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 225,666 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
7 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,786 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $4.53 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$4.06 · 40.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $235K
$0.47 · 4.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
225,640 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% 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.
1.6M
tickets printed
581k
tickets claimed · 37%
1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
63%
40% 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 $10 LA peers
#3 of 3
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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