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Average valueActiveBonus Fortune · $5 · Arkansas Lottery
Bonus Fortune: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.64 on average.
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#3 of 12 · $5 AR games
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#3 of 12 · $5 AR games
Bonus Fortune is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Arkansas state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.8%, up 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 72.0%. 2 of the original 2 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 31% of the 1.6M printed tickets have been sold.
72.8%
expected return
1 in 3.80
odds of any win
2 of 2
$100K top prizes left
31%
claimed · 495k of 1.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 288,165 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 7,658 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.64 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.45 · 69.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.19 · 3.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
288,159 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
31% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
1.6M
tickets printed
495k
tickets claimed · 31%
1.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
69%
100% of top prizes remain with only 69% 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
#3 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arkansas Lottery published claim data.
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