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Poor valueActiveHoliday Cash · $1 · Arkansas Lottery
Holiday Cash: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.57 on average.
▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#7 of 10 · $1 AR gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:20 AM
▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#7 of 10 · $1 AR gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:20 AM
Holiday Cash is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Arkansas state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.0%, down 5.0 percentage points from the launch value of 62.0%. 12 of the original 55 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 70% of the 1.3M printed tickets have been sold.
57.0%
expected return
1 in 4.56
odds of any win
12 of 55
$500 top prizes left
70%
claimed · 943k of 1.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 87,240 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 33,150 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.57 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.57 · 57.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
87,240 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
70% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
1.3M
tickets printed
943k
tickets claimed · 70%
398k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
22%
Tickets left
30%
22% of top prizes remain with 30% 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 $1 AR peers
#7 of 10
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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