500 Frenzy
Louisiana· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.51
USA percentile
3th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
86
$500 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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500 Frenzy is a $5 scratch-off game from the Louisiana lottery (game #1656). As of the most recent daily scan, 86 top prizes of $500 remain unclaimed, as published by the Louisiana lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.25. Our models put its expected value at 0.51 per dollar, returning about $0.51 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 32 of 32 $5 games on sale in Louisiana.
THE THESIS
At 0.51 EV/$, this game ranks 32 of 32 same-price games on sale in Louisiana (median 0.63).
- 1.2% of $500 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Ranks in the 3rd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
6 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $241,995 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,201 active gamesWhere this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active LA games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.
Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining
historical + P50 projectionClaim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersClaim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.
Price vs EV — LA field
200 games · break-even highlightedNo other active LA games currently clear break-even.
Top-prize claim cadence · the roll
Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.
States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.
ABOUT THIS GAME
500 Frenzy: prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, 86 of the 3,574 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 6 prize levels the lottery reports, 22,284 of 425,263 prizes (5%) remain; the thinnest level is $500, with 2% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $2.56 on average (0.51 per dollar), which ranks 32 of 32 $5 games on sale in Louisiana, below the $5 median of 0.63. Among every Louisiana game with a computable value it is 171 of 179; nationally it sits in the 3th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 993 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 6 top prizes.
Figures come from the prize data the Louisiana lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the November 4, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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Know when this one turns
We alert you the day a LA game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.