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Poor valueActiveSay It Louisiana · $2 · Louisiana Lottery
Say It Louisiana: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $0.95 on average.
▼ -13.5 pts vs launch#3 of 8 · $2 LA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:17 AM
▼ -13.5 pts vs launch#3 of 8 · $2 LA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:17 AM
Say It Louisiana is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 47.5%, down 13.5 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 5 of the original 7 $12,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 21% of the 1.9M printed tickets have been sold.
47.5%
expected return
1 in 4.55
odds of any win
5 of 7
$12K top prizes left
21%
claimed · 403k of 1.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 268,519 winning tickets still unclaimed.
9 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
83 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 118,861 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.95 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$0.91 · 45.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $12K
$0.04 · 1.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
268,506 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
21% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
1.9M
tickets printed
403k
tickets claimed · 21%
1.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
71%
Tickets left
79%
71% of top prizes remain with 79% 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
#3 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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