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Poor valueActiveSay It Louisiana · $2 · Louisiana Lottery
Say It Louisiana: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $0.92 on average.
▼ -15.0 pts vs launch#4 of 9 · $2 LA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:17 PM
▼ -15.0 pts vs launch#4 of 9 · $2 LA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:17 PM
Say It Louisiana is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 46.0%, down 15.0 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 4 of the original 7 $12,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 22% of the 1.9M printed tickets have been sold.
46.0%
expected return
1 in 4.55
odds of any win
4 of 7
$12K top prizes left
22%
claimed · 427k of 1.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 258,898 winning tickets still unclaimed.
9 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
83 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 126,758 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.92 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$0.89 · 44.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $12K
$0.03 · 1.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
258,886 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
22% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
1.9M
tickets printed
427k
tickets claimed · 22%
1.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
57%
Tickets left
78%
57% of top prizes remain with 78% 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 $2 LA peers
#4 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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