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Average valueActiveBonus Fortune · $5 · Arkansas Lottery
Bonus Fortune: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.62 on average.
▲ +0.4 pts vs launch#5 of 11 · $5 AR gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:19 PM
▲ +0.4 pts vs launch#5 of 11 · $5 AR gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:19 PM
Bonus Fortune is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Arkansas state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.4%, up 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 72.0%. 2 of the original 2 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 19% of the 1.6M printed tickets have been sold.
72.4%
expected return
1 in 3.80
odds of any win
2 of 2
$100K top prizes left
19%
claimed · 309k of 1.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 337,058 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 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 7,038 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.62 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.46 · 69.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.16 · 3.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
337,048 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
19% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
1.6M
tickets printed
309k
tickets claimed · 19%
1.3M
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
81%
100% of top prizes remain with only 81% 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
#5 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arkansas Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 12:19 PM.
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