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Poor valueActiveIt'S A Louisiana Thing! · $10 · Louisiana Lottery
It'S A Louisiana Thing!: Poor value. A $10 ticket pays back $4.26 on average.
▼ -21.2 pts vs launch#4 of 4 · $10 LA games
▼ -21.2 pts vs launch#4 of 4 · $10 LA games
It'S A Louisiana Thing! is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 42.6%, down 21.2 percentage points from the launch value of 63.8%. 2 of the original 5 $235,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 41% of the 1.6M printed tickets have been sold.
42.6%
expected return
1 in 3.26
odds of any win
2 of 5
$235K top prizes left
41%
claimed · 648k of 1.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 194,921 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
7 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,986 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $4.26 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$3.76 · 37.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $235K
$0.50 · 5.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
194,898 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
41% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
1.6M
tickets printed
648k
tickets claimed · 41%
941k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
59%
40% of top prizes remain with 59% 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
#4 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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