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Average valueActiveWin $500! · $5 · Arkansas Lottery
Win $500!: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.61 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#6 of 12 · $5 AR games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#6 of 12 · $5 AR games
Win $500! is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Arkansas state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.2%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 72.4%. 2,802 of the original 4,410 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 36% of the 2.2M printed tickets have been sold.
72.2%
expected return
1 in 3.84
odds of any win
2,802 of 4,410
$500 top prizes left
36%
claimed · 804k of 2.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 365,061 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 500 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.61 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.61 · 72.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
365,061 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
36% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
2.2M
tickets printed
804k
tickets claimed · 36%
1.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
64%
Tickets left
64%
64% of top prizes remain with 64% 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
#6 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arkansas Lottery published claim data.
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