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Average valueActiveWin $500! · $5 · Arkansas Lottery
Win $500!: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.60 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#6 of 12 · $5 AR gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:19 PM
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#6 of 12 · $5 AR gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:19 PM
Win $500! is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Arkansas state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.0%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 72.4%. 3,765 of the original 4,410 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 14% of the 2.2M printed tickets have been sold.
72.0%
expected return
1 in 3.84
odds of any win
3,765 of 4,410
$500 top prizes left
14%
claimed · 306k of 2.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 494,596 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 504 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.60 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.60 · 72.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
494,596 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
14% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
2.2M
tickets printed
306k
tickets claimed · 14%
1.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
85%
Tickets left
86%
85% of top prizes remain with 86% 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
#6 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arkansas Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:19 PM.
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