LA · #1519 · $2

Payday

Louisiana· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.55

USA percentile

8th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

0

$15,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

18+ only. For entertainment purposes — not financial advice. Scratch-offs have a negative expected return on average. 1-800-GAMBLER if you need help.

Payday is a $2 scratch-off game from the Louisiana (game #1519). As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $15 remain unclaimed, as published by the Louisiana. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.51. 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
$15K
0/5
0%
$1K
0/5
$100
145/1.8K
$40
419/5.5K
$20
679/9.7K
$10
2.2K/29.2K
$5
5.9K/68.2K
$4
3.2K/29.2K
$2
15.7K/126.7K

Total unclaimed prize value: $140,665 — 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: 16th 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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