What is the expected value of Wild Side?

As of the latest tracked snapshot, the expected value of Wild Side is 34.8%, meaning the average ticket returns about $1.74 in prizes against its $5 cost.

Is Wild Side retired?

No, Wild Side is still active and being sold by the Louisiana state lottery as of the latest tracked snapshot.

Wild Side ($5) - Odds & Remaining Prizes - Louisiana Lottery

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ActiveWild Side · $5 · Louisiana Lottery

▼ -26.4 pts vs launch#3 of 6 · $5 LA gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:18 PM

Wild Side is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 34.8%, down 26.4 percentage points from the launch value of 61.2%. 2 of the original 6 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 37% of the 1.8M printed tickets have been sold.

34.8%

expected return

1 in 4.16

odds of any win

2 of 6

$100K top prizes left

37%

claimed · 679k of 1.8M printed

Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 165,320 winning tickets still unclaimed.

8 win more than $5

$10 – $250, an actual profit

6 win their money back

a $5 prize, so you break even

86 win nothing

the house edge, made visible

Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 29,558 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.

Value map

Where the $1.74 comes from

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

Small wins $5 – $250

$1.57 · 31.3% of price

Mid prizes $1K – $100K

$0.17 · 3.5% of price

Most of the value pays out as

$5 – $250 wins

165,281 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.

Claim progress

37% of the print run claimed

Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.

1.8M

tickets printed

679k

tickets claimed · 37%

1.2M

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

63%

33% of top prizes remain with 63% of tickets left to claim them.

Where to buy

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Rank vs $5 LA peers

#3 of 6

By expected return. Higher is better for the player.

Wild Side

34.8%

Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 6:18 PM.

Scratchstats

Wild Side: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $1.74 on average.

If you bought 100 tickets today

Where the $1.74 comes from

37% of the print run claimed