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Poor valueActiveColor Me Happy · $1 · Louisiana Lottery
Color Me Happy: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.45 on average.
▼ -13.0 pts vs launch#3 of 8 · $1 LA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:16 AM
▼ -13.0 pts vs launch#3 of 8 · $1 LA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:16 AM
Color Me Happy is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 45.0%, down 13.0 percentage points from the launch value of 58.0%. 24 of the original 30 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 14% of the 1.9M printed tickets have been sold.
45.0%
expected return
1 in 4.81
odds of any win
24 of 30
$1K top prizes left
14%
claimed · 269k of 1.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 274,832 winning tickets still unclaimed.
7 win more than $1
$2 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
83 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 69,669 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.45 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $200
$0.44 · 43.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.01 · 1.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $200 wins
274,808 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
14% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
1.9M
tickets printed
269k
tickets claimed · 14%
1.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
80%
Tickets left
86%
80% of top prizes remain with 86% 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
#3 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:16 AM.
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