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Poor valueActiveFlamingo Bingo · $3 · Louisiana Lottery
Flamingo Bingo: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.12 on average.
▼ -24.7 pts vs launch#3 of 3 · $3 LA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:17 AM
▼ -24.7 pts vs launch#3 of 3 · $3 LA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:17 AM
Flamingo Bingo is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 37.3%, down 24.7 percentage points from the launch value of 62.0%. 1 of the original 5 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 42% of the 1.5M printed tickets have been sold.
37.3%
expected return
1 in 4.07
odds of any win
1 of 5
$50K top prizes left
42%
claimed · 614k of 1.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 137,183 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $3
$4 – $300, an actual profit
5 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
84 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 49,883 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.12 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $300
$1.05 · 35.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.07 · 2.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $300 wins
137,166 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
42% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
1.5M
tickets printed
614k
tickets claimed · 42%
848k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
58%
20% of top prizes remain with 58% 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 $3 LA peers
#3 of 3
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:17 AM.
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