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Weak valueActiveLucky 13 Crossword · $3 · Louisiana Lottery
Lucky 13 Crossword: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.81 on average.
▼ -0.7 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $3 LA games
▼ -0.7 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $3 LA games
Lucky 13 Crossword is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 60.3%, down 0.7 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 7 of the original 7 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 1% of the 2.2M printed tickets have been sold.
60.3%
expected return
1 in 3.74
odds of any win
7 of 7
$50K top prizes left
1%
claimed · 32k of 2.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 574,724 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $3
$5 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 21,910 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.81 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $100
$1.64 · 54.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.17 · 5.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $100 wins
574,625 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
1% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
2.2M
tickets printed
32k
tickets claimed · 1%
2.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
99%
100% of top prizes remain with only 99% 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
#1 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Lucky 13 Crossword
60.3%
2
Chicken Scratch Bingo Tripler
55.0%
3
Taste Of La
29.0%
4
Cosmic Crossword
21.7%
5
Flamingo Bingo
16.0%
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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