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Weak valueActive$1,000 Mayhem · $5 · Arkansas Lottery
$1,000 Mayhem: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.37 on average.
▼ -4.8 pts vs launch#12 of 12 · $5 AR games
▼ -4.8 pts vs launch#12 of 12 · $5 AR games
$1,000 Mayhem is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Arkansas state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.4%, down 4.8 percentage points from the launch value of 72.2%. 238 of the original 1,510 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 82% of the 1.6M printed tickets have been sold.
67.4%
expected return
1 in 3.70
odds of any win
238 of 1,510
$1K top prizes left
82%
claimed · 1.3M of 1.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 76,527 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,161 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.37 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.53 · 50.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.84 · 16.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
76,289 winning tickets remain in this range: 75% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
82% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
1.6M
tickets printed
1.3M
tickets claimed · 82%
283k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
16%
Tickets left
18%
16% of top prizes remain with 18% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Arkansas Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $5 AR peers
#12 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arkansas Lottery published claim data.
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