
Louisiana· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.68
USA percentile
53th
of 2,159 games
Top prizes left
1
$100,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-10-26
Forecast sellout
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Home For The Holidays is a $5 scratch-off game from the Louisiana lottery (game #1644). As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $100,000 remains unclaimed, as published by the Louisiana lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.21. Our models put its expected value at 0.68 per dollar, returning about $0.68 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 12 of 32 $5 games on sale in Louisiana.
THE THESIS
At 0.68 EV/$, this game ranks 12 of 32 same-price games on sale in Louisiana (median 0.65).
Total unclaimed prize value: $971,775 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
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.
No other active LA games currently clear break-even.
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
As of October 26, 2026, 1 of the 4 $100,000 top prizes is still unclaimed; across the 11 prize levels the lottery reports, 68,277 of 231,131 prizes (30%) remain; the thinnest level is $100,000, with 25% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $3.38 on average (0.68 per dollar), which ranks 12 of 32 $5 games on sale in Louisiana, above the $5 median of 0.65. Among every Louisiana game with a computable value it is 33 of 179; nationally it sits in the 53th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
No claims were recorded on the reported prize levels over the last 30 days.
Louisiana also sells 2 other issues of Home For The Holidays: game #1641 ($1) and game #1642 ($2). Each issue has its own print run and prize pool, so their odds and remaining prizes differ.
Figures come from the prize data the Louisiana lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the October 26, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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