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Poor valueActiveTaste Of La · $3 · Louisiana Lottery
Taste Of La: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $0.65 on average.
▼ -39.0 pts vs launch#4 of 5 · $3 LA games
▼ -39.0 pts vs launch#4 of 5 · $3 LA games
Taste Of La is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 21.7%, down 39.0 percentage points from the launch value of 60.7%. 2 of the original 6 $35,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 50% of the 1.2M printed tickets have been sold.
21.7%
expected return
1 in 3.93
odds of any win
2 of 6
$35K top prizes left
50%
claimed · 612k of 1.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 54,761 winning tickets still unclaimed.
5 win more than $3
$5 – $350, an actual profit
4 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
91 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 66,721 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.65 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $350
$0.54 · 18.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $35K
$0.11 · 3.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $350 wins
54,752 winning tickets remain in this range: 83% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
50% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
1.2M
tickets printed
612k
tickets claimed · 50%
600k
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
50%
33% of top prizes remain with 50% 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 $3 LA peers
#4 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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