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Poor valueActiveLucky Bucks · $1 · Louisiana Lottery
Lucky Bucks: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.57 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 12 · $1 LA games
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 12 · $1 LA games
Lucky Bucks is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 58.0%. 13 of the original 13 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 1% of the 3.8M printed tickets have been sold.
57.0%
expected return
1 in 4.83
odds of any win
13 of 13
$5K top prizes left
1%
claimed · 40k of 3.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 766,534 winning tickets still unclaimed.
9 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 288,946 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.57 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.56 · 55.6% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.01 · 1.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
766,521 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
1% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
3.8M
tickets printed
40k
tickets claimed · 1%
3.8M
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
99%
100% of top prizes remain with only 99% 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 $1 LA peers
#1 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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