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Poor valueActiveOne-Eyed Jack · $5 · Louisiana Lottery
One-Eyed Jack: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $1.57 on average.
▼ -30.6 pts vs launch#4 of 6 · $5 LA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:18 PM
▼ -30.6 pts vs launch#4 of 6 · $5 LA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:18 PM
One-Eyed Jack is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 31.4%, down 30.6 percentage points from the launch value of 62.0%. 2 of the original 6 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 44% of the 1.8M printed tickets have been sold.
31.4%
expected return
1 in 3.86
odds of any win
2 of 6
$100K top prizes left
44%
claimed · 808k of 1.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 136,262 winning tickets still unclaimed.
8 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
5 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
87 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 35,164 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.57 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $200
$1.38 · 27.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.19 · 3.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $200 wins
136,233 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
44% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
1.8M
tickets printed
808k
tickets claimed · 44%
1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
56%
33% of top prizes remain with 56% 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
#4 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 6:18 PM.
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