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Poor valueActiveOne-Eyed Jack · $5 · Louisiana Lottery
One-Eyed Jack: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $0.98 on average.
▼ -42.4 pts vs launch#6 of 9 · $5 LA games
▼ -42.4 pts vs launch#6 of 9 · $5 LA games
One-Eyed Jack is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 19.6%, down 42.4 percentage points from the launch value of 62.0%. 2 of the original 6 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 53% of the 1.8M printed tickets have been sold.
19.6%
expected return
1 in 3.86
odds of any win
2 of 6
$100K top prizes left
53%
claimed · 977k of 1.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 65,766 winning tickets still unclaimed.
4 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
3 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
93 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 70,895 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.98 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $200
$0.77 · 15.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.21 · 4.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $200 wins
65,754 winning tickets remain in this range: 78% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
53% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
1.8M
tickets printed
977k
tickets claimed · 53%
851k
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
47%
33% of top prizes remain with 47% 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
#6 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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