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Poor valueActiveUltimate Dash · $5 · Louisiana Lottery
Ultimate Dash: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.17 on average.
▼ -16.4 pts vs launch#3 of 8 · $5 LA games
▼ -16.4 pts vs launch#3 of 8 · $5 LA games
Ultimate Dash is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 43.4%, down 16.4 percentage points from the launch value of 59.8%. 2 of the original 5 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 29% of the 1.7M printed tickets have been sold.
43.4%
expected return
1 in 3.83
odds of any win
2 of 5
$100K top prizes left
29%
claimed · 492k of 1.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 239,324 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 46,518 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.17 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $250
$2.01 · 40.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.16 · 3.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $250 wins
239,298 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
29% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
1.7M
tickets printed
492k
tickets claimed · 29%
1.2M
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
71%
40% of top prizes remain with 71% 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 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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