Louisiana Holiday Scratch-Offs: What to Buy and What to Skip (September 2026)
2 Louisiana holiday scratch-offs are on sale as of September 22, 2026. The best of them by current payout is Louisiana Seasons ($10) at 76.7%, 1 in 2.83 for any prize. Unusually, they are the better buy this year: a median payout of 73.5% against 70.6% across all 40 games on sale.
Louisiana holiday scratch-offs on sale, best payout first
- 1 $10 scratch-off
Louisiana Seasons
#160576.7% payout now- EV / ticket
- $7.67
- Any prize
- 1 in 2.83
- Beats price
- 1 in 4.35
- Top prizes
- 0 of 4
Best payout No top prize left - 2 $2 scratch-off
Saints All Seasons
#168770.3% payout now- EV / ticket
- $1.41
- Any prize
- 1 in 4.67
- Beats price
- 1 in 8.91
- Top prizes
- 6 of 8
Payout is what the remaining prize pool returns per dollar; profit odds count only prizes larger than the ticket price. Definitions are on the methodology page.
Compare all 2 games in a table
| # Game | Price | Payout now | EV / ticket | Any-prize odds | Cash odds | Profit odds | Top prize | Top left | 7-day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Louisiana Seasons | $10 | 76.7% | $7.67 | 1 in 2.83 | 1 in 4.24 | 1 in 4.35 | $200,000 | 0 | — |
| 2. Saints All Seasons | $2 | 70.3% | $1.41 | 1 in 4.67 | 1 in 8.89 | 1 in 8.91 | $20,000 | 6 | — |
Why holiday scratch-offs usually pay less
A holiday range is the most heavily promoted thing a state lottery sells. The tickets are bigger, the artwork is better, and they arrive at the one time of year when people who never buy a scratcher buy one as a gift. None of that changes the arithmetic. The prize pool is printed before the game ships, and the share of each dollar it returns is set at the same time. Louisiana is the exception this year: its holiday games return a median 73.5% against 70.6% for the state as a whole. The one thing a new holiday game does guarantee is that its top prizes are still unclaimed, which is not true of a game that has been on the shelf since spring.
If you are buying a scratcher as a gift, the useful question is not which game is festive but which is still worth handing over. The payout ranking answers that for every game in Louisiana, and the top prizes still unclaimed list shows which games have their headline prize in play. Both are free and both are recomputed daily.
Louisiana holiday scratch-offs: common questions
- How many Louisiana holiday scratch-offs are on sale right now?
- 2 as of September 22, 2026.
- Are holiday scratch-offs a better bet than normal ones?
- This year, yes: 73.5% median payout against 70.6% for the state as a whole. That is unusual and it will not hold once prizes are claimed.
- When do Louisiana holiday scratch-offs go on sale?
- Louisiana has released its holiday range in October and November: the games we hold launched between March 24, 2025 and August 17, 2026. This page lists the new range the day the Louisiana Lottery publishes it, because we re-read the official prize data every day.
- Can I still claim a holiday scratch-off from last year?
- Only while the game is inside its claim window. A game stops selling months before claims close, so check the last claim date on the game's own page.
- Do unclaimed holiday prizes carry over?
- No. Every game is a fixed pool printed before it ships, and prizes that are never claimed are simply never paid. That is why a game late in its life can look generous on paper: the money is still in the pool, but so are the tickets.