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Average valueActiveWinter Winnings · $5 · Arkansas Lottery
Winter Winnings: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.57 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#7 of 12 · $5 AR gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:20 PM
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#7 of 12 · $5 AR gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:20 PM
Winter Winnings is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Arkansas state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.4%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 72.4%. 4 of the original 12 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 72% of the 1.3M printed tickets have been sold.
71.4%
expected return
1 in 3.84
odds of any win
4 of 12
$20K top prizes left
72%
claimed · 961k of 1.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 99,310 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
9 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 9,082 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.57 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.34 · 66.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.23 · 4.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
99,303 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
72% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
1.3M
tickets printed
961k
tickets claimed · 72%
381k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
28%
33% of top prizes remain with only 28% 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
#7 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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