Lucky 13 Crossword
Louisiana· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.68
USA percentile
55th
of 2,154 games
Top prizes left
3
$50,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-10-25
Forecast sellout
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Lucky 13 Crossword is a $3 scratch-off game from the Louisiana lottery (game #1688). As of the most recent daily scan, 3 top prizes of $50,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the Louisiana lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.74. Our models put its expected value at 0.68 per dollar, returning about $0.68 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 3 of 22 $3 games on sale in Louisiana.
THE THESIS
At 0.68 EV/$, this game ranks 3 of 22 same-price games on sale in Louisiana (median 0.59).
- 1.43% of $50,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Ranks in the 55th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
9 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $2.86M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,154 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 tiersTrailing 7-day claim rate 17% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
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
Lucky 13 Crossword: prizes, value and pace
As of October 25, 2026, 3 of the 7 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 9 prize levels the lottery reports, 374,784 of 587,812 prizes (64%) remain; the thinnest level is $50,000, with 43% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $3 ticket returns about $2.04 on average (0.68 per dollar), which ranks 3 of 22 $3 games on sale in Louisiana, above the $3 median of 0.59. Among every Louisiana game with a computable value it is 31 of 179; nationally it sits in the 55th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 102,517 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 3 top prizes.
Figures come from the prize data the Louisiana lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the October 25, 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.