Lucky 13 Crossword costs $3 a ticket from the Louisiana Lottery. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $50,000 prize now runs about 1 in 235,637 by our estimate, against 1 in 196,479 at launch. No $3 ticket in Louisiana has better overall odds: 1 in 3.74, against 3 others at that price. None of its winning tickets pays $3 or less: every prize is worth more than the ticket.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 196K at launch, about 1 in 236K now. The $50,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- The game is early in its life, with the bulk of its prizes unclaimed.
- Prize quality is high: most of the meaningful top and mid-tier prizes remain in play.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | 7 | 4 | 57% |
| $1,000 | 93 | 65 | 70% |
| $100 | 4,568 | 3,052 | 67% |
| $50 | 3,693 | 2,456 | 67% |
| $40 | 7,321 | 4,980 | 68% |
| $20 | 29,348 | 19,826 | 68% |
| $10 | 87,999 | 60,193 | 68% |
| $5 | 234,712 | 161,442 | 69% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on August 19, 3 $50,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 4. The most recent was on September 30.
- September 30, 20261 claimed · 4 left
- September 27, 20261 claimed · 5 left
- September 23, 20261 claimed · 6 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 4.3% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each 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
- 1688
- Ticket Price
- $3
- Start Date
- 8/17/2026
- Payout %
- 60.9%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/14/2026
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Every $3 ticket in Louisiana
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay Raise | 71 | 1 in 3.91 | 60.8% | $50K · 4 | - |
| Chicken Scratch Bingo Tripler | 64 | 1 in 3.92 | 60.6% | $50K · 3 | 4.2% |
| Lucky 13 Crossword (this game) | 63 | 1 in 3.74 | 60.9% | $50K · 4 | 4.3% |
| Taste Of La | 46 | 1 in 3.93 | 60.6% | $35K · 1 | 1.7% |
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.