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Poor valueActiveHit It Big · $10 · Louisiana Lottery
Hit It Big: Poor value. A $10 ticket pays back $5.92 on average.
▼ -7.6 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $10 LA games
▼ -7.6 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $10 LA games
Hit It Big is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.2%, down 7.6 percentage points from the launch value of 66.8%. 2 of the original 4 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 27% of the 1.7M printed tickets have been sold.
59.2%
expected return
1 in 3.38
odds of any win
2 of 4
$250K top prizes left
27%
claimed · 467k of 1.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 334,563 winning tickets still unclaimed.
21 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
6 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 777 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $5.92 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$5.46 · 54.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.46 · 4.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
334,522 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
27% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
1.7M
tickets printed
467k
tickets claimed · 27%
1.2M
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
73%
50% of top prizes remain with 73% 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 $10 LA peers
#3 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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