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Poor valueActiveColor Me Happy · $1 · Louisiana Lottery
Color Me Happy: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.13 on average.
▼ -45.0 pts vs launch#8 of 12 · $1 LA games
▼ -45.0 pts vs launch#8 of 12 · $1 LA games
Color Me Happy is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 13.0%, down 45.0 percentage points from the launch value of 58.0%. 5 of the original 30 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 35% of the 1.9M printed tickets have been sold.
13.0%
expected return
1 in 4.81
odds of any win
5 of 30
$1K top prizes left
35%
claimed · 685k of 1.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 72,535 winning tickets still unclaimed.
2 win more than $1
$2 – $200, an actual profit
4 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
94 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 251,276 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.13 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $200
$0.13 · 12.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.00 · 0.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $200 wins
72,530 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
35% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
1.9M
tickets printed
685k
tickets claimed · 35%
1.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
17%
Tickets left
65%
17% of top prizes remain with 65% 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
#8 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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