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ActiveTaste Of La · $3 · Louisiana Lottery

Taste Of La: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.35 on average.

-15.7 pts vs launch#2 of 3 · $3 LA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:17 AM

Taste Of La is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 45.0%, down 15.7 percentage points from the launch value of 60.7%. 4 of the original 6 $35,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 30% of the 1.2M printed tickets have been sold.

45.0%
expected return
1 in 3.93
odds of any win
4 of 6
$35K top prizes left
30%
claimed · 362k of 1.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 158,940 winning tickets still unclaimed.

11 win more than $3
$5 – $350, an actual profit
7 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
82 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 28,354 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map

Where the $1.35 comes from

The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.

Small wins $3 – $350
$1.18 · 39.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $35K
$0.17 · 5.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $350 wins
158,910 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress

30% of the print run claimed

Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.

1.2M
tickets printed
362k
tickets claimed · 30%
851k
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
70%
67% of top prizes remain with 70% 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
#2 of 3
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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