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Poor valueActivePowerball · $2 · Louisiana Lottery
Powerball: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $0.36 on average.
▼ -43.0 pts vs launch#8 of 11 · $2 LA games
▼ -43.0 pts vs launch#8 of 11 · $2 LA games
Powerball is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 18.0%, down 43.0 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 0 of the original 8 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 44% of the 2.1M printed tickets have been sold.
18.0%
expected return
1 in 4.57
odds of any win
0 of 8
$20K top prizes left
44%
claimed · 907k of 2.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 92,605 winning tickets still unclaimed.
4 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
4 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
92 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 572,918 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.36 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$0.36 · 17.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.00 · 0.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
92,603 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
44% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
2.1M
tickets printed
907k
tickets claimed · 44%
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
0%
Tickets left
56%
0% of top prizes remain with 56% 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
#8 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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