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Winner Winner Chicken DinnerLouisiana Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Louisiana Lottery
42
VALUESCORE
Fair
$2LouisianaGame #1659GREEN
At a glance

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner costs $2 a ticket from the Louisiana Lottery. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $12,000 prize now runs about 1 in 294,030 by our estimate, against 1 in 158,139 at launch. None of its winning tickets pays $2 or less: every prize is worth more than the ticket.

Overall Odds
1 in 4.55
Exp. Value
$0.61
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$12,000
Top Prizes Left
1
Prizes Remaining
27%
ValueScore™
42 / 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 6th of the 10 active $2 games in Louisiana.
Why
→Most of the larger top and mid-tier prizes have already been won.
  • Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 158K at launch, about 1 in 294K now. The $12,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
  • Most of this game's prizes are gone.
  • Win rate is typical, around 22% per ticket (1 in 4.55).

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9
$12,000
1 of 7 left
launch odds 1 in 158K
now ~1 in 294K
$1,000
5 of 13 left
launch odds 1 in 85K
now ~1 in 59K
$500
24 of 103 left
launch odds 1 in 11K
now ~1 in 12K
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
$12,00071
14%
$1,000135
38%
$50010324
23%
$1002,387607
25%
$5013,1843,180
24%
$2016,2604,312
27%
$1048,78012,351
25%
$565,06317,208
26%
$397,49326,934
28%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$2,477,194
Current Prize Pool
$625,292
Payout Percentage
25.2%
Total Prizes Remaining
64,622

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
1,106,970
Estimated Remaining
294,030
% Remaining
26.6%
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 March 6, when our records for it began, 5 $12,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on July 9.

60
March 6October 9
  • July 9, 20261 claimed · 1 left
  • May 21, 20261 claimed · 2 left
  • April 12, 20261 claimed · 3 left
  • March 11, 20262 claimed · 4 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.5% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for Louisiana's $2 games (2% 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

42
VALUESCORE
Fair
42
out of 100
Expected Value
24/40
Prize Quality
5/25
Win Frequency
9/20
Inventory Health
4/15
Updated: 10/9/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1659
Ticket Price
$2
Start Date
2/2/2026
Payout %
61.0%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/9/2026

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Image Credit: Louisiana Lottery
$2.00 per ticket · 1 in 4.55 overall odds
✓ Accounts for prizes already claimed

Entertainment only. Outcomes are random and won't match a real session. Current-odds mode scales each tier by remaining prizes and tickets.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Winner Winner Chicken Dinner scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner scores 42/100 (Fair) and is 6th of the 10 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 Winner Winner Chicken Dinner scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Winner Winner Chicken Dinner are 1 in 4.55. This means roughly 1 in every 5 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Winner Winner Chicken Dinner?
The top prize for Winner Winner Chicken Dinner is $12,000. As of our latest update, 1 top prize remains unclaimed.
How many prizes are left in Winner Winner Chicken Dinner?
Based on our latest data, 27% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 64,622 out of 243,290 total). The game is winding down. A significant portion of prizes have already been claimed.

Every $2 ticket in Louisiana

GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
Bonus Bucks541 in 4.6460.8%$20K · 54.0%
Money Rush521 in 4.7462.3%$15K · 43.8%
Say It Louisiana511 in 4.5560.9%$12K · 30.8%
Saints All Seasons491 in 4.7360.2%$20K · 63.6%
Electric 8s441 in 4.6060.8%$20K · 23.6%
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner (this game)421 in 4.5561.0%$12K · 10.5%
Parish Payout411 in 4.4960.6%$15K · 20.4%
Wild Win Doubler!411 in 4.6260.8%$20K · 32.3%
Cash Grab401 in 4.6760.7%$10K · 21.6%
100 Frenzy301 in 4.5860.8%$100 · 2920.0%

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.