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Poor valueActiveCool Cat · $1 · Louisiana Lottery
Cool Cat: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.38 on average.
▼ -20.0 pts vs launch#4 of 11 · $1 LA games
▼ -20.0 pts vs launch#4 of 11 · $1 LA games
Cool Cat is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 38.0%, down 20.0 percentage points from the launch value of 58.0%. 7 of the original 14 $4,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 20% of the 3.7M printed tickets have been sold.
38.0%
expected return
1 in 4.78
odds of any win
7 of 14
$4K top prizes left
20%
claimed · 728k of 3.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 416,824 winning tickets still unclaimed.
6 win more than $1
$2 – $200, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
86 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 418,885 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.38 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $200
$0.37 · 37.2% of price
Mid prizes $4K
$0.01 · 0.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $200 wins
416,817 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
20% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
3.7M
tickets printed
728k
tickets claimed · 20%
2.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
80%
50% of top prizes remain with 80% 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
#4 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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