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Poor valueActiveWinner Winner Chicken Dinner · $2 · Louisiana Lottery
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $0.53 on average.
▼ -34.5 pts vs launch#8 of 12 · $2 LA games
▼ -34.5 pts vs launch#8 of 12 · $2 LA games
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 26.5%, down 34.5 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 1 of the original 7 $12,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 39% of the 2.0M printed tickets have been sold.
26.5%
expected return
1 in 4.55
odds of any win
1 of 7
$12K top prizes left
39%
claimed · 801k of 2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 128,362 winning tickets still unclaimed.
5 win more than $2
$3 – $100, an actual profit
5 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
90 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 39,744 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.53 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$0.52 · 25.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $12K
$0.01 · 0.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
128,356 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
39% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
2M
tickets printed
801k
tickets claimed · 39%
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
14%
Tickets left
61%
14% of top prizes remain with 61% 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 $2 LA peers
#8 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data.
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