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Poor valueActiveLucky 13 Crossword · $3 · Louisiana Lottery
Lucky 13 Crossword: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.69 on average.
▼ -4.7 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $3 LA games
▼ -4.7 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $3 LA games
Lucky 13 Crossword is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 56.3%, down 4.7 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 6 of the original 7 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 11% of the 2.2M printed tickets have been sold.
56.3%
expected return
1 in 3.74
odds of any win
6 of 7
$50K top prizes left
11%
claimed · 250k of 2.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 483,828 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $3
$5 – $100, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 22,164 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.69 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $100
$1.52 · 50.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.17 · 5.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $100 wins
483,740 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
11% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
2.2M
tickets printed
250k
tickets claimed · 11%
2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
86%
Tickets left
89%
86% of top prizes remain with 89% 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
#1 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Lucky 13 Crossword
56.3%
2
Chicken Scratch Bingo Tripler
49.0%
3
Cosmic Crossword
21.7%
4
Taste Of La
21.7%
5
Flamingo Bingo
11.3%
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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