C
Average valueActiveFiery 5s · $5 · Arkansas Lottery
Fiery 5s: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.62 on average.
▲ +0.4 pts vs launch#5 of 12 · $5 AR games
▲ +0.4 pts vs launch#5 of 12 · $5 AR games
Fiery 5s is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Arkansas state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.4%, up 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 72.0%. 1 of the original 2 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 62% of the 1.6M printed tickets have been sold.
72.4%
expected return
1 in 3.62
odds of any win
1 of 2
$100K top prizes left
62%
claimed · 978k of 1.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 168,543 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 6,355 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.62 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.45 · 68.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.17 · 3.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
168,536 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
62% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
1.6M
tickets printed
978k
tickets claimed · 62%
610k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
38%
50% of top prizes remain with only 38% 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
#5 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arkansas Lottery published claim data.
S
Scratchstats