Bits & Odds

Giant Bucks — $5 Louisiana Scratch-Off #1692

Data captured · launched September 14, 2026

Giant Bucks (#1692) is a $5 Louisiana scratch-off launched on September 14, 2026. As of November 6, 2026 it ranks #12 of 43 active games on current payout (72.9%, $3.64 expected back per ticket) and #3 of 8 $5 games, #19 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.07) and #32 on top-prize odds (1 in 326,646). Since launch the payout has risen 0.4 points (72.5% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 1.9% (1 in 4.14 at launch). 4 of 6 top prizes of $100,000 remain, and we estimate 1,306,583 tickets are still unsold (28.7% sold). That is a middle-of-the-pack game: fine to play, but the ranking lists show better value at the same price.

Current payout
72.9%
72.5% at launch
Expected value
$3.64
per $5 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 4.07
1 in 4.14 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 6.99
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 7.01
win more than $5
$600+ odds
1 in 15,742
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
4 of 6
$100,000 each
Tickets remaining
71.3%
≈ 1,306,583 tickets

Last top prize claimed: October 26, 2026, 11 days ago.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Giant Bucks, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. To set its odds of $1,000 or more (or any other prize size) against every other Louisiana game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 321,325 of 442,172 prizes (72.7%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$100,000 1 in 305,458 1 in 326,646 6 2 4 66.7%
$1,000 1 in 16,970 1 in 16,539 108 29 79 73.1%
$500 1 in 22,351 1 in 22,923 82 25 57 69.5%
$250 1 in 13,091 1 in 13,470 140 43 97 69.3%
$100 1 in 266.6 1 in 264.8 6,874 1,940 4,934 71.8%
$75 1 in 476.4 1 in 473.2 3,847 1,086 2,761 71.8%
$50 1 in 189.3 1 in 187.9 9,681 2,728 6,953 71.8%
$30 1 in 100.5 1 in 99.6 18,229 5,110 13,119 72.0%
$20 1 in 50.0 1 in 49.7 36,655 10,359 26,296 71.7%
$15 1 in 25.0 1 in 24.7 73,310 20,424 52,886 72.1%
$10 1 in 16.7 1 in 16.5 109,965 30,767 79,198 72.0%
TICKETfree ticket 1 in 10.0 1 in 9.68 183,275 48,334 134,941 73.6%
All prizes1 in 4.141 in 4.07 442,172120,847 321,32572.7%

How Giant Bucks has moved

71% 73% 74% Sep 2026Oct 2026Nov 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Giant Bucks. 46 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

Derived from day-to-day changes in the official remaining-prize counts, so the date is when the lottery published the change.

Giant Bucks: common questions

How many $100,000 prizes are left in Giant Bucks?
4 of 6 as of November 6, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 326,646.
What are the odds of winning anything on Giant Bucks?
1 in 4.07 as of November 6, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.14 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 6.99, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 7.01.
Is Giant Bucks worth buying?
Its current payout is 72.9% ($3.64 back per $5 ticket), rank #12 of 43 in Louisiana. The best $5 alternative as of November 6, 2026 is One-Eyed Jack (#1648, $5) at 77.3%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Giant Bucks tickets are left?
We estimate 1,306,583 of roughly 1,832,750 printed tickets are unsold (28.7% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Giant Bucks launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on September 14, 2026. It is still on sale.

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