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Ranked 33rd of 53 Tickets in Arkansas

Win $500!Arkansas Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Arkansas Lottery
47
VALUESCORE
Fair
$5ArkansasGame #898GREEN
At a glance

The Arkansas Lottery sells Win $500! as a $5 ticket. At 1 in 3.84, its overall odds are the longest of Arkansas's 11 $5 games. At a ValueScore of 47/100 (Fair), it is 9th of the 11 active $5 games in Arkansas.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.84
Exp. Value
$0.72
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$500
Top Prizes Left
2,061
Prizes Remaining
48%
ValueScore™
47 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.72
→
AVERAGE
At 33rd out of 53 Arkansas scratch-offs, it neither stands out nor falls behind.
Why
→Wins are infrequent: about a 26% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 3.84), lower than most games.
  • Middling prize quality: a fair number of the bigger prizes are still in play.
  • At $0.72 back per $1, the return here is middle-of-the-road for this price point.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated November 7
$500
2,061 of 4,410 left
launch odds 1 in 500
now ~1 in 511
$100
132 of 274 left
launch odds 1 in 8,050
now ~1 in 7,983
$50
8,796 of 18,867 left
launch odds 1 in 117
now ~1 in 120
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
$5004,4102,061
47%
$100274132
48%
$5018,8678,796
47%
$2044,05420,744
47%
$10279,058131,920
47%
$5227,722110,751
49%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$7,986,020
Current Prize Pool
$3,771,335
Payout Percentage
47.2%
Total Prizes Remaining
274,404

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
2,205,638
Estimated Remaining
1,053,711
% Remaining
47.8%
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

Since its launch on June 5, 2,265 $500 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 2,061. The most recent was on November 7.

DateWhat happenedTop prizes left
June 5Launched4,326
July 5762 claimed3,564
August 4445 claimed3,119
September 3339 claimed2,780
October 3355 claimed2,425
November 2306 claimed2,119
November 758 claimed2,061

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.5% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for Arkansas's $5 games (1.3% a week). By tickets sold, it is the estimated #8 best seller of the 47 Arkansas tickets we can rank, at about 33,000 tickets a week.

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

47
VALUESCORE
Fair
47
out of 100
Expected Value
20/40
Prize Quality
12/25
Win Frequency
7/20
Inventory Health
8/15
Updated: 11/7/2026

Game Details

Game Number
898
Ticket Price
$5
Start Date
6/2/2026
Payout %
72.4%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
11/7/2026

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$5.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.84 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Win $500! scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. Win $500! scores 47/100 (Fair) and is 9th 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 Win $500! scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Win $500! are 1 in 3.84. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Win $500!?
The top prize for Win $500! is $500. As of our latest update, 2,061 top prizes remain unclaimed.

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 Cash501 in 3.7872.1%$100K · 20.5%
Win $500! (this game)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.