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Louisiana Treasures: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.28 on average.

-30.0 pts vs launch#6 of 9 · $1 LA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:17 PM

Louisiana Treasures is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 28.0%, down 30.0 percentage points from the launch value of 58.0%. 4 of the original 12 $3,500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 27% of the 3.5M printed tickets have been sold.

28.0%
expected return
1 in 4.81
odds of any win
4 of 12
$4K top prizes left
27%
claimed · 939k of 3.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 276,540 winning tickets still unclaimed.

4 win more than $1
$2 – $200, an actual profit
6 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
90 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 643,745 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map

Where the $0.28 comes from

The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.

Small wins $1 – $200
$0.28 · 27.6% of price
Mid prizes $4K
$0.00 · 0.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $200 wins
276,536 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress

27% of the print run claimed

Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.

3.5M
tickets printed
939k
tickets claimed · 27%
2.6M
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
73%
33% of top prizes remain with 73% 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 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:17 PM.
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