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Poor valueActive5 Star Luck · $1 · Louisiana Lottery
5 Star Luck: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.59 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 10 · $1 LA gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:16 PM
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 10 · $1 LA gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:16 PM
5 Star Luck is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 60.0%. 16 of the original 16 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 1% of the 3.4M printed tickets have been sold.
59.0%
expected return
1 in 4.99
odds of any win
16 of 16
$5K top prizes left
1%
claimed · 42k of 3.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 667,159 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 210,629 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.59 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.57 · 57.0% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.02 · 2.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
667,143 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% 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.
3.4M
tickets printed
42k
tickets claimed · 1%
3.4M
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 $1 LA peers
#1 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 12:16 PM.
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