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Decent valueActiveDiamonds & Gold · $10 · Arkansas Lottery
Diamonds & Gold: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.63 on average.
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#10 of 16 · $10 AR games
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#10 of 16 · $10 AR games
Diamonds & Gold is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Arkansas state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.3%, up 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 75.7%. 1 of the original 3 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 74% of the 1.3M printed tickets have been sold.
76.3%
expected return
1 in 3.02
odds of any win
1 of 3
$200K top prizes left
74%
claimed · 929k of 1.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 107,691 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $10
$15 – $200, an actual profit
20 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
67 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,188 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.63 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.96 · 69.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.67 · 6.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
107,677 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
74% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
1.3M
tickets printed
929k
tickets claimed · 74%
325k
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
26%
33% of top prizes remain with only 26% 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 $10 AR peers
#10 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arkansas Lottery published claim data.
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