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Poor valueActivePlay Oh! · $5 · Louisiana Lottery
Play Oh!: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $1.81 on average.
▼ -24.8 pts vs launch#4 of 8 · $5 LA games
▼ -24.8 pts vs launch#4 of 8 · $5 LA games
Play Oh! is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 36.2%, down 24.8 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 2 of the original 6 $135,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 35% of the 1.7M printed tickets have been sold.
36.2%
expected return
1 in 4.15
odds of any win
2 of 6
$135K top prizes left
35%
claimed · 606k of 1.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 165,968 winning tickets still unclaimed.
9 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
6 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
85 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 20,070 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.81 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$1.58 · 31.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $135K
$0.23 · 4.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
165,940 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
35% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
1.7M
tickets printed
606k
tickets claimed · 35%
1.1M
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
65%
33% of top prizes remain with 65% 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 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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