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Poor valueActiveWinner Winner Chicken Dinner · $2 · Louisiana Lottery
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $0.70 on average.
▼ -26.0 pts vs launch#4 of 8 · $2 LA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:17 AM
▼ -26.0 pts vs launch#4 of 8 · $2 LA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:17 AM
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 35.0%, down 26.0 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 2 of the original 7 $12,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 33% of the 2.0M printed tickets have been sold.
35.0%
expected return
1 in 4.55
odds of any win
2 of 7
$12K top prizes left
33%
claimed · 669k of 2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 180,763 winning tickets still unclaimed.
7 win more than $2
$3 – $100, an actual profit
6 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
87 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 28,409 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.70 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$0.68 · 34.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $12K
$0.02 · 0.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
180,756 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
33% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
2M
tickets printed
669k
tickets claimed · 33%
1.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
29%
Tickets left
67%
29% 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 $2 LA peers
#4 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Wild Win Doubler!
55.5%
2
Cash Grab
51.5%
3
Say It Louisiana
47.5%
4
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
35.0%
5
Powerball
31.5%
6
Parish Payout
23.5%
7
100 Frenzy
10.5%
8
Money Rolls
9.0%
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:17 AM.
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