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Ranked 17th of 42 Tickets in Louisiana

Bonus BucksLouisiana Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Louisiana Lottery
50
VALUESCORE
Fair
$2LouisianaGame #1691GREEN
At a glance

Bonus Bucks costs $2 a ticket from the Louisiana Lottery. The $20,000 prize now runs about 1 in 256,207 by our estimate, worse than 1 in 159,051 at launch. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 92,780 tickets.

Overall Odds
1 in 4.64
Exp. Value
$0.61
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$20,000
Top Prizes Left
3
Prizes Remaining
69%
ValueScore™
50 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.61
→
AVERAGE
Nothing wrong with it, but nothing special either; it is 3rd of the 11 active $2 games in Louisiana.
Why
→Prizes hit less often here, roughly 22% per ticket (1 in 4.64).
  • Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 159K at launch, about 1 in 256K now. The $20,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
  • Just $0.61 of every $1 comes back on average, trailing most games.
  • Prize quality is fair, with some of the bigger winners already claimed.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated November 7
$20,000
3 of 7 left
launch odds 1 in 159K
now ~1 in 256K
$1,000
2 of 5 left
launch odds 1 in 223K
now ~1 in 384K
$100
1,290 of 1,921 left
launch odds 1 in 580
now ~1 in 596
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeTotalLeftStatus
$20,00073
43%
$1,00052
40%
$1001,9211,290
67%
$509,9066,720
68%
$2028,99320,102
69%
$1033,26422,758
68%
$5116,08079,967
69%
$449,77234,809
70%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$2,524,388
Current Prize Pool
$1,695,691
Payout Percentage
67.2%
Total Prizes Remaining
165,651

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
1,113,359
Estimated Remaining
768,621
% Remaining
69.0%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

Since its launch on September 15, 4 $20,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 3. The most recent was on November 4.

DateWhat happenedTop prizes left
September 15Launched7
October 31 claimed6
October 41 claimed5
November 42 claimed3
November 7Latest count3

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 4% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 3 times the average for Louisiana's $2 games (1.4% a week). By tickets sold, it is the estimated #3 best seller of the 37 Louisiana tickets we can rank, at about 45,000 tickets 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

50
VALUESCORE
Fair
50
out of 100
Expected Value
19/40
Prize Quality
13/25
Win Frequency
6/20
Inventory Health
12/15
Updated: 11/7/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1691
Ticket Price
$2
Start Date
9/13/2026
Payout %
60.8%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
11/7/2026

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$2.00 per ticket · 1 in 4.64 overall odds
✓ Accounts for prizes already claimed

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Bonus Bucks scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. Bonus Bucks scores 50/100 (Fair) and is 3rd of the 11 active $2 games in Louisiana. It pays back about $0.61 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $2 tickets are listed on the Louisiana rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the Bonus Bucks scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Bonus Bucks are 1 in 4.64. This means roughly 1 in every 5 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Bonus Bucks?
The top prize for Bonus Bucks is $20,000. As of our latest update, 3 top prizes remain unclaimed.
When was Bonus Bucks released?
Bonus Bucks was released by the Louisiana Lottery on September 13, 2026. It has been on sale for about 2 months.

Every $2 ticket in Louisiana

All 11 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
King Of Cash581 in 4.5460.8%$15K · 53.6%
Money Rush501 in 4.7462.3%$15K · 23.1%
Bonus Bucks (this game)501 in 4.6460.8%$20K · 34.0%
Say It Louisiana471 in 4.5560.9%$12K · 30.6%
Saints All Seasons441 in 4.7360.2%$20K · 52.9%
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner421 in 4.5561.0%$12K · 10.4%
Electric 8s411 in 4.6060.8%$20K · 12.9%
Cash Grab351 in 4.6760.7%$10K · 21.3%
Parish Payout341 in 4.4960.6%$15K · 20.2%
Wild Win Doubler!341 in 4.6260.8%$20K · 31.8%

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.