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Decent valueActiveFire/Ice · $20 · Louisiana Lottery
Fire/Ice: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.19 on average.
▲ +1.6 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $20 LA games
▲ +1.6 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $20 LA games
Fire/Ice is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.9%, up 1.6 percentage points from the launch value of 74.3%. 5 of the original 5 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 17% of the 1.5M printed tickets have been sold.
75.9%
expected return
1 in 3.20
odds of any win
5 of 5
$500K top prizes left
17%
claimed · 248k of 1.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 377,887 winning tickets still unclaimed.
25 win more than $20
$30 – $200, an actual profit
6 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 917 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.19 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.89 · 64.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $500K
$2.30 · 11.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
377,695 winning tickets remain in this range: 85% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
17% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
1.5M
tickets printed
248k
tickets claimed · 17%
1.2M
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
83%
100% of top prizes remain with only 83% 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 $20 LA peers
#2 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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