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Poor valueActivePlay Oh! · $5 · Louisiana Lottery
Play Oh!: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.39 on average.
▼ -13.2 pts vs launch#3 of 7 · $5 LA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:17 PM
▼ -13.2 pts vs launch#3 of 7 · $5 LA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:17 PM
Play Oh! is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 47.8%, down 13.2 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 4 of the original 6 $135,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 25% of the 1.7M printed tickets have been sold.
47.8%
expected return
1 in 4.15
odds of any win
4 of 6
$135K top prizes left
25%
claimed · 421k of 1.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 241,570 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
81 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 17,194 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.39 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.01 · 40.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $135K
$0.38 · 7.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
241,529 winning tickets remain in this range: 84% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
25% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
1.7M
tickets printed
421k
tickets claimed · 25%
1.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
75%
67% of top prizes remain with 75% 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 $5 LA peers
#3 of 7
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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