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Poor valueActiveWild Side · $5 · Louisiana Lottery
Wild Side: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $1.05 on average.
▼ -40.2 pts vs launch#6 of 8 · $5 LA games
▼ -40.2 pts vs launch#6 of 8 · $5 LA games
Wild Side is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 21.0%, down 40.2 percentage points from the launch value of 61.2%. 1 of the original 6 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 47% of the 1.8M printed tickets have been sold.
21.0%
expected return
1 in 4.16
odds of any win
1 of 6
$100K top prizes left
47%
claimed · 869k of 1.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 88,109 winning tickets still unclaimed.
5 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
4 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
91 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 68,790 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.05 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $250
$0.95 · 19.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.10 · 2.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $250 wins
88,095 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
47% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
1.8M
tickets printed
869k
tickets claimed · 47%
963k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
17%
Tickets left
53%
17% of top prizes remain with 53% 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
#6 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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