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Poor valueActive500 Frenzy · $5 · Louisiana Lottery
500 Frenzy: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $0.25 on average.
▼ -57.4 pts vs launch#9 of 9 · $5 LA games
▼ -57.4 pts vs launch#9 of 9 · $5 LA games
500 Frenzy is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 5.0%, down 57.4 percentage points from the launch value of 62.4%. 104 of the original 3,574 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 55% of the 1.8M printed tickets have been sold.
5.0%
expected return
1 in 4.25
odds of any win
104 of 3,574
$500 top prizes left
55%
claimed · 997k of 1.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 24,410 winning tickets still unclaimed.
1 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
2 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
97 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 7,778 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.25 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$0.25 · 5.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
24,410 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
55% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
1.8M
tickets printed
997k
tickets claimed · 55%
809k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
3%
Tickets left
45%
3% of top prizes remain with 45% 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
#9 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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