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Average valueActive$500 Stacked · $5 · Arkansas Lottery
$500 Stacked: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.55 on average.
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#9 of 12 · $5 AR gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:20 AM
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#9 of 12 · $5 AR gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:20 AM
$500 Stacked is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Arkansas state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.0%, down 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 72.4%. 1,284 of the original 3,887 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 66% of the 1.9M printed tickets have been sold.
71.0%
expected return
1 in 3.84
odds of any win
1,284 of 3,887
$500 top prizes left
66%
claimed · 1.3M of 1.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 172,612 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
11 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 516 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
$3.55 · 71.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
172,612 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
66% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
1.9M
tickets printed
1.3M
tickets claimed · 66%
663k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
34%
33% of top prizes remain with 34% 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
#9 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arkansas Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:20 AM.
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