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Poor valueActiveParish Payout · $2 · Louisiana Lottery
Parish Payout: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $0.47 on average.
▼ -37.0 pts vs launch#6 of 8 · $2 LA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:17 AM
▼ -37.0 pts vs launch#6 of 8 · $2 LA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:17 AM
Parish Payout is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 23.5%, down 37.0 percentage points from the launch value of 60.5%. 3 of the original 8 $15,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 41% of the 2.0M printed tickets have been sold.
23.5%
expected return
1 in 4.49
odds of any win
3 of 8
$15K top prizes left
41%
claimed · 848k of 2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 106,672 winning tickets still unclaimed.
5 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
4 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
91 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 239,208 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.47 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$0.44 · 21.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $15K
$0.03 · 1.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
106,667 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
41% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2025.
2M
tickets printed
848k
tickets claimed · 41%
1.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
38%
Tickets left
59%
38% 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 $2 LA peers
#6 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:17 AM.
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