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Poor valueActivePay Me! · $1 · Louisiana Lottery
Pay Me!: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.58 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 9 · $1 LA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:17 PM
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 9 · $1 LA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:17 PM
Pay Me! is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 58.0%. 13 of the original 13 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 0% of the 3.6M printed tickets have been sold.
58.0%
expected return
1 in 4.92
odds of any win
13 of 13
$5K top prizes left
0%
claimed · 487 of 3.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 741,899 winning tickets still unclaimed.
8 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 280,626 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.58 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.57 · 56.5% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.01 · 1.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
741,886 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
0% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
3.6M
tickets printed
487
tickets claimed · 0%
3.6M
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
100%
100% of top prizes remain with only 100% 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 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:17 PM.
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