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Weak valueActive$100,000 Cash Stacks · $5 · Louisiana Lottery
$100,000 Cash Stacks: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.09 on average.
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#1 of 8 · $5 LA gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:17 PM
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#1 of 8 · $5 LA gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:17 PM
$100,000 Cash Stacks is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 61.8%, down 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 62.4%. 5 of the original 5 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 1% of the 1.7M printed tickets have been sold.
61.8%
expected return
1 in 4.25
odds of any win
5 of 5
$100K top prizes left
1%
claimed · 21k of 1.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 388,229 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 22,472 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.09 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $200
$2.80 · 55.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.29 · 5.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $200 wins
388,155 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, Jul 2026.
1.7M
tickets printed
21k
tickets claimed · 1%
1.7M
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 $5 LA peers
#1 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 12:17 PM.
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