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Poor valueActivePlay Oh! · $5 · Louisiana Lottery
Play Oh!: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.43 on average.
▼ -12.4 pts vs launch#2 of 6 · $5 LA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:18 PM
▼ -12.4 pts vs launch#2 of 6 · $5 LA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:18 PM
Play Oh! is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 48.6%, down 12.4 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 4 of the original 6 $135,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 23% of the 1.7M printed tickets have been sold.
48.6%
expected return
1 in 4.15
odds of any win
4 of 6
$135K top prizes left
23%
claimed · 391k of 1.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 253,517 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
81 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 17,128 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.43 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.05 · 41.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $135K
$0.38 · 7.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
253,474 winning tickets remain in this range: 85% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
23% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
1.7M
tickets printed
391k
tickets claimed · 23%
1.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
77%
67% of top prizes remain with 77% 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
#2 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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