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Weak valueActiveBonus Bucks · $2 · Louisiana Lottery
Bonus Bucks: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.20 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 12 · $2 LA games
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 12 · $2 LA games
Bonus Bucks is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 60.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 7 of the original 7 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 2% of the 2.1M printed tickets have been sold.
60.0%
expected return
1 in 4.64
odds of any win
7 of 7
$20K top prizes left
2%
claimed · 34k of 2.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 434,214 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 169,990 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.20 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$1.14 · 57.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.06 · 3.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
434,202 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
2% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
2.1M
tickets printed
34k
tickets claimed · 2%
2M
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
98%
100% of top prizes remain with only 98% 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
#1 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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