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Ranked 31st of 53 Tickets in Arkansas

Mega CashArkansas Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Arkansas Lottery
50
VALUESCORE
Fair
$5ArkansasGame #889GREEN
At a glance

Mega Cash costs $5 a ticket from the Arkansas Lottery. By our estimate the $100,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 271,087 per ticket, down from 1 in 794,660. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 132,443 tickets.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.78
Exp. Value
$0.72
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$100,000
Top Prizes Left
2
Prizes Remaining
34%
ValueScore™
50 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.72
→
AVERAGE
Nothing wrong with it, but nothing special either; it is 8th of the 11 active $5 games in Arkansas.
Why
→Prize quality is thin, with the bigger winners mostly gone.
  • Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 795K at launch, about 1 in 271K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $100,000 prizes have been claimed.
  • Average win frequency: about a 26% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 3.78).
  • Roughly half the prize pool has been claimed, with a decent amount still left.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated November 7
$100,000
2 of 2 left
launch odds 1 in 795K
now ~1 in 271K
$1,000
3 of 10 left
launch odds 1 in 159K
now ~1 in 181K
$500
68 of 212 left
launch odds 1 in 7,497
now ~1 in 7,973
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeTotalLeftStatus
$100,00022
100%
$1,000103
30%
$50021268
32%
$1002,109695
33%
$5042,07813,777
33%
$2010,5963,586
34%
$1510,5993,591
34%
$10190,68763,814
33%
$5164,16257,896
35%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$5,729,385
Current Prize Pool
$2,048,555
Payout Percentage
35.8%
Total Prizes Remaining
143,432

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
1,589,320
Estimated Remaining
542,173
% Remaining
34.1%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

All 2 $100,000 top prizes left on April 5, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.

DateWhat happenedTop prizes left
April 5Our records begin2
November 7Latest count, none claimed2

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.5% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for Arkansas's $5 games (1.4% a week). By tickets sold, it is still the estimated #31 best seller of the 47 Arkansas tickets we can rank, at about 8,200 tickets a week: a small share of a big print run is a lot of tickets.

From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.

ValueScore™ Breakdown

50
VALUESCORE
Fair
50
out of 100
Expected Value
25/40
Prize Quality
8/25
Win Frequency
9/20
Inventory Health
8/15
Updated: 11/7/2026

Game Details

Game Number
889
Ticket Price
$5
Start Date
3/31/2026
Payout %
72.1%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
11/7/2026

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$5.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.78 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Mega Cash scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. Mega Cash scores 50/100 (Fair) and is 8th of the 11 active $5 games in Arkansas. It pays back about $0.72 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $5 tickets are listed on the Arkansas rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the Mega Cash scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Mega Cash are 1 in 3.78. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Mega Cash?
The top prize for Mega Cash is $100,000. As of our latest update, 2 top prizes remain unclaimed.
How many prizes are left in Mega Cash?
Based on our latest data, 34% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 143,432 out of 420,455 total). The game is winding down. A significant portion of prizes have already been claimed.

Every $5 ticket in Arkansas

All 11 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
Solid Gold681 in 3.7772.1%$100K · 21.7%
Holiday Lucky Times 10661 in 3.8372.2%$100K · 2-
$1,000 Rollout651 in 3.7072.2%$1K · 1,1963.6%
Bonus Fortune641 in 3.8072.1%$100K · 21.5%
Diamond 7s611 in 3.6372.0%$78K · 20.8%
X50 the Cash531 in 3.7472.0%$100K · 32.1%
Fire and Ice531 in 3.6772.1%$100K · 10.2%
Mega Cash (this game)501 in 3.7872.1%$100K · 20.5%
Win $500!471 in 3.8472.4%$500 · 2,0611.5%
50X451 in 3.8172.1%$100K · 11.0%

Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.