The Louisiana Lottery sells 5 Star Luck as a $1 ticket. By our estimate the $5,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 81,999 per ticket, down from 1 in 106,678. At a ValueScore of 43/100 (Fair), it is the best $1 game on sale in Louisiana. Its expected return of $0.60 per $1 runs $0.02 ahead of the typical $1 ticket in Louisiana. None of its winning tickets pays $1 or less: every prize is worth more than the ticket.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 107K at launch, about 1 in 82K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $5,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Expected value of $0.60 per $1 is below average. Less comes back per dollar than most games.
- The larger prizes are well stocked, with plenty of top and mid-tier winners still out there.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | 16 | 12 | 75% |
| $100 | 1,292 | 753 | 58% |
| $50 | 7,810 | 4,384 | 56% |
| $20 | 13,646 | 7,714 | 57% |
| $10 | 13,651 | 7,726 | 57% |
| $5 | 100,916 | 58,142 | 58% |
| $4 | 54,616 | 31,575 | 58% |
| $2 | 150,106 | 86,886 | 58% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on July 22, 4 $5,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 12. The most recent was on August 16.
- August 16, 20261 claimed · 12 left
- August 15, 20262 claimed · 13 left
- July 30, 20261 claimed · 15 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 3.1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about twice the average for Louisiana's $1 games (1.5% a week).
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- Louisiana
- Game Number
- 1682
- Ticket Price
- $1
- Start Date
- 7/20/2026
- Payout %
- 59.6%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/9/2026
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Every $1 ticket in Louisiana
All 11 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Star Luck (this game) | 43 | 1 in 4.99 | 59.6% | $5K · 12 | 3.1% |
| Tic Tac Toad | 41 | 1 in 4.62 | 58.2% | $3K · 9 | 3.9% |
| Lucky Bucks | 40 | 1 in 4.83 | 58.2% | $5K · 12 | 3.3% |
| Cool Cat | 31 | 1 in 4.78 | 58.2% | $4K · 6 | 1.3% |
| Pay Me! | 28 | 1 in 4.92 | 58.1% | $5K · 6 | 3.2% |
| Quick 7s | 21 | 1 in 4.73 | 58.3% | $7K · 4 | 2.8% |
| Blackjack | 20 | 1 in 5.13 | 59.7% | $2K · 3 | 1.2% |
| Fun 5'S | 17 | 1 in 4.49 | 58.1% | $6K · 1 | 0.0% |
| Color Me Happy | 17 | 1 in 4.81 | 58.1% | $1K · 4 | 1.2% |
| 50 Frenzy | 17 | 1 in 4.19 | 58.2% | $50 · 478 | 0.0% |
Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.