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Poor valueActiveSay It Louisiana · $2 · Louisiana Lottery
Say It Louisiana: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $0.73 on average.
▼ -24.5 pts vs launch#4 of 12 · $2 LA games
▼ -24.5 pts vs launch#4 of 12 · $2 LA games
Say It Louisiana is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 36.5%, down 24.5 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 3 of the original 7 $12,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 32% of the 1.9M printed tickets have been sold.
36.5%
expected return
1 in 4.55
odds of any win
3 of 7
$12K top prizes left
32%
claimed · 619k of 1.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 182,424 winning tickets still unclaimed.
7 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
6 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
87 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 189,807 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.73 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$0.70 · 35.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $12K
$0.03 · 1.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
182,417 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
32% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
1.9M
tickets printed
619k
tickets claimed · 32%
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
43%
Tickets left
68%
43% of top prizes remain with 68% 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
#4 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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