LA · #1636 · $1

5x The Cash

Louisiana· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.55

USA percentile

8th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

0

$5,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

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5x The Cash is a $1 scratch-off game from the Louisiana (game #1636). As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $5 remain unclaimed, as published by the Louisiana. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 5.13. Our models put its expected value at 0.55 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.55 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.55 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.Ranks in the 8th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

9 tiers · % remaining
$5K
0/16
0%
$100
74/1.4K
$50
492/9.5K
$20
727/15.5K
$10
873/15.5K
$5
8.1K/123.8K
$4
3.7K/61.9K
$2
10.0K/139.3K
$1
34.9K/386.9K

Total unclaimed prize value: $165,353 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 active games

Where 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.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
LA median0.62 EV/$
YOU · 8th
USA: 8th percentileLA: 15th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Not enough historical data to render chart.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d

Price vs EV — LA field

200 games · break-even highlighted
$0$6$12$220.000.300.601.04break-even · 1.00 EV/$YOU

No 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.

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