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Average valueActiveFire and Ice · $5 · Arkansas Lottery
Fire and Ice: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.56 on average.
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#10 of 12 · $5 AR games
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#10 of 12 · $5 AR games
Fire and Ice is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Arkansas state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.2%, down 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 72.0%. 1 of the original 2 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 57% of the 1.5M printed tickets have been sold.
71.2%
expected return
1 in 3.67
odds of any win
1 of 2
$100K top prizes left
57%
claimed · 840k of 1.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 170,351 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 15,248 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.56 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.39 · 67.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.17 · 3.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
170,347 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
57% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
1.5M
tickets printed
840k
tickets claimed · 57%
625k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
43%
50% of top prizes remain with only 43% 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
#10 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arkansas Lottery published claim data.
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