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Poor valueActiveUltimate Dash · $5 · Louisiana Lottery
Ultimate Dash: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.02 on average.
▼ -19.4 pts vs launch#4 of 9 · $5 LA games
▼ -19.4 pts vs launch#4 of 9 · $5 LA games
Ultimate Dash is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 40.4%, down 19.4 percentage points from the launch value of 59.8%. 2 of the original 5 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 33% of the 1.7M printed tickets have been sold.
40.4%
expected return
1 in 3.83
odds of any win
2 of 5
$100K top prizes left
33%
claimed · 568k of 1.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 207,342 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
7 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
82 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 53,944 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.02 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $250
$1.86 · 37.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.16 · 3.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $250 wins
207,321 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
33% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
1.7M
tickets printed
568k
tickets claimed · 33%
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
40%
Tickets left
67%
40% of top prizes remain with 67% 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 $5 LA peers
#4 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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