Are the top prizes in Win $500! still available?

2965 of 4410 top prizes worth $500 are still unclaimed.

What does a Win $500! ticket pay back?

You get back about 72¢ of every $1, on average. That is an estimate from the Arkansas Lottery's published prize counts, not a prediction for any single ticket.

Arkansas · $5 ticket · #898

Win $500!

Updated today

2965 top prizes are still unclaimed at $500. A $5 ticket returns about 72¢ on average.

Pays back per $1 72¢ about 72¢ when the game launched

Top prize $500 2965 of 4410 still unclaimed

How far along 33% about 33% of tickets already sold · roughly 1.5 million tickets left (estimated) 1 in 3.84 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$500	2,965	4,410
$100	182	274
$50	12,541	18,867
$20	29,341	44,054
$10	186,754	279,058
$5	154,540	227,722

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.7210 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.7241 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 3.84
Estimated tickets printed: 2,205,638
Estimated tickets remaining: 1,485,400
Estimated fraction sold: 0.3265
Game number: #898

Payback trend across our stored snapshots: new game — collecting data

Source: the Arkansas Lottery's own game page. Every figure here is an estimate — how we figure them.