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Average valueActiveMoney Cashword · $3 · Arkansas Lottery
Money Cashword: Average value. A $3 ticket pays back $2.05 on average.
▲ +0.7 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $3 AR games
▲ +0.7 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $3 AR games
Money Cashword is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Arkansas state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.3%, up 0.7 percentage points from the launch value of 67.7%. 3 of the original 3 $75,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 23% of the 2.2M printed tickets have been sold.
68.3%
expected return
1 in 3.61
odds of any win
3 of 3
$75K top prizes left
23%
claimed · 504k of 2.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 470,290 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $3
$5 – $200, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 13,263 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.05 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.91 · 63.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $75K
$0.14 · 4.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
470,274 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
23% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
2.2M
tickets printed
504k
tickets claimed · 23%
1.7M
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
77%
100% of top prizes remain with only 77% 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 $3 AR peers
#2 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arkansas Lottery published claim data.
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