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Weak valueActiveGiant Bucks · $5 · Louisiana Lottery
Giant Bucks: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.10 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#1 of 9 · $5 LA games
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#1 of 9 · $5 LA games
Giant Bucks is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.0%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 62.4%. 6 of the original 6 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 2% of the 1.8M printed tickets have been sold.
62.0%
expected return
1 in 4.14
odds of any win
6 of 6
$100K top prizes left
2%
claimed · 29k of 1.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 430,451 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 9,393 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.10 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.76 · 55.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.34 · 6.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
430,340 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
2% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
1.8M
tickets printed
29k
tickets claimed · 2%
1.8M
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
98%
100% of top prizes remain with only 98% 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 $5 LA peers
#1 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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