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Average valueActiveFire and Ice · $5 · Arkansas Lottery
Fire and Ice: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.55 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#8 of 12 · $5 AR gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:20 PM
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#8 of 12 · $5 AR gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:20 PM
Fire and Ice is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Arkansas state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 72.0%. 1 of the original 2 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 50% of the 1.5M printed tickets have been sold.
71.0%
expected return
1 in 3.67
odds of any win
1 of 2
$100K top prizes left
50%
claimed · 734k of 1.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 199,075 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 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 14,050 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.55 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.40 · 68.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.15 · 3.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
199,069 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
50% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
1.5M
tickets printed
734k
tickets claimed · 50%
731k
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
50%
50% of top prizes remain with only 50% 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
#8 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arkansas Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:20 PM.
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