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Louisiana · Best ValueScore™ Scratch-Offs

Last updated August 16, 2026

Louisiana's #1 scratch-off right now is Fire/Ice with a ValueScore™ of 99/100. ValueScore™ combines expected value, prize quality, win frequency, and inventory health into a single 0 to 100 rating, updated daily.

37 active Louisiana scratch off games are scored, with 3 rated Excellent (80 or above) and 5 rated Good (60 to 79). Statewide average ValueScore is 46.9.
Score bands: 80+ Excellent · 60 to 79 Good · 40 to 59 Fair · below 40 Below Average.
Why not just use the odds printed on the ticket?

Printed odds are set the day a game ships and never change, but the game itself does. Every week tickets sell and prizes get claimed, and the ticket can't tell you any of that. ValueScore™ re-scores every Louisiana game from live prize data, so it knows when the top prizes are already gone from a game that still advertises great odds, and when a quiet game is sitting on all of its big prizes. Higher is better; details below the table.

RankGamePriceValueScore™Overall OddsTop Prize
1Fire/Ice$20991 in 3.2$500K
2Double Your Luck$20901 in 3.33$500K
3Hit It Big$10881 in 3.38$250K
4Bring Home The Bacon$5791 in 4.3$100K
5Chicken Scratch Bingo Tripler$3761 in 3.92$50K
6$100,000 Cash Stacks$5751 in 4.25$100K
7It'S A Louisiana Thing!$10731 in 3.26$235K
8Money Rush$2691 in 4.74$15K
9Electric 8s$2581 in 4.6$20K
10100x The Cash$20581 in 3.26$500K
11One-Eyed Jack$5571 in 3.86$100K
12Flamingo Bingo$3521 in 4.07$50K
13Fleur De 3'S$5521 in 4.2$133K
14Say It Louisiana$2501 in 4.55$12K
15Ultimate Dash$5491 in 3.83$100K
165 Star Luck$1471 in 4.99$5K
17Wild Win Doubler!$2461 in 4.62$20K
18Cosmic Crossword$3461 in 3.73$30K
19Taste Of La$3451 in 3.93$35K
20Play Oh!$5431 in 4.15$135K
21500 Frenzy$5421 in 4.25$500
22Cash Grab$2411 in 4.67$10K
23Parish Payout$2401 in 4.49$15K
24Cash!$10391 in 9.9$500
25Wild Side$5371 in 4.16$100K
26Powerball$2371 in 4.57$20K
27Pay Me!$1361 in 4.92$5K
28Winner Winner Chicken Dinner$2351 in 4.55$12K
29Cool Cat$1311 in 4.78$4K
30Quick 7s$1291 in 4.73$7K
31100 Frenzy$2261 in 4.58$100
32Color Me Happy$1221 in 4.81$1K
33Blackjack$1211 in 5.13$2K
34Fun 5'S$1171 in 4.49$6K
35Louisiana Treasures$1151 in 4.81$4K
3650 Frenzy$1141 in 4.19$50
37Crawfish Ca$Hout$161 in 4.86$3K

How ValueScore is built

Most people judge a scratch off by two numbers: the overall odds printed on the ticket, and maybe how many prizes are left. Both are easy to read, and both mislead on their own. Overall odds only tell you how often any prize hits, and most of those are break-even reprints. A ticket can advertise 1 in 3 and still be a bad buy once the prizes worth winning are gone. Remaining-prize countshave the opposite blind spot: “400 prizes left” means nothing without the price, the odds, and how many of the top prizes are actually still in the pool.

ValueScore reads all of it at once and rates what those two numbers can’t see on their own. It blends the four signals that actually decide whether a ticket is worth buying, which is why our top pick in Louisiana often looks nothing like the game with the flashiest odds:

  • Expected Value (weighted most heavily). Published per-ticket return across the full prize structure, not just the headline odds.
  • Prize Quality. How much of the payout sits in prizes worth winning versus tiny break-even reprints.
  • Win Frequency. Your probability of any prize per ticket.
  • Inventory Health. Top prizes still unclaimed versus tickets remaining. This is the one the ticket can’t show you: a game with great printed odds whose jackpots are already gone. (Exact weighting is proprietary.)

Scores recompute after every successful Louisiana scrape, so a game listed at the top last week may have moved. See the national ValueScore ranking for cross-state context.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Best ValueScore™ Scratch-Offs ranking measure?
This page ranks Louisiana scratch-off by ScratchCheck ValueScore, a 0 to 100 composite that weighs expected value, prize quality, win frequency, and inventory health. A score of 80 or above is Excellent, 60 to 79 is Good, 40 to 59 is Fair, and below 40 is Poor. ValueScore updates as prizes are claimed, so the top pick can shift week to week.
Which Louisiana scratch-off is currently #1 for best valuescore™ scratch-offs?
The Fire/Ice ($20) currently ranks first with overall odds of 1 in 3.20 (ValueScore 99 of 100). Prize payout is 74.4%. Rankings update automatically as prize counts change, so the top pick can move. Open the game page for the full prize-tier breakdown and remaining counts.
How often does this ranking update?
Game data for Louisiana is refreshed from official sources on a daily schedule. Whenever remaining-prize counts change, ValueScore and every dependent ranking are recomputed automatically. The "updated daily" stamp on the page reflects the most recent successful update.
How should I pick between the top few games in Louisiana?
Rankings are a starting point, not a verdict. Two tickets that sit next to each other often differ on a dimension the headline metric ignores: price, top-prize size, or remaining inventory. Use the Budget & Goal Optimizer or the side-by-side Compare tool to weigh Breakeven probability, Jackpot Chase value, or published EV against your actual spend and goal.
Are these values official or estimated?
ScratchCheck uses official published odds and prize counts wherever the state makes them available. A small number of states publish only limited prize breakdowns; for those games ScratchCheck estimates Expected Value and related metrics from industry price-point averages and flags them with an "~Est." tag next to the number. Official figures always take precedence.