America's 250th
Arkansas· Launched Jun 2026· 155 days on shelf· scanned 65d ago
EV / Dollar
0.63
USA percentile
33th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
555
$250 tier
% sold-through
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2026-08-31
Forecast sellout
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America's 250th is a $2 scratch-off game from the Arkansas lottery (game #897). It launched in June 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 555 top prizes of $250 remain unclaimed, as published by the Arkansas lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.16. Our models put its expected value at 0.63 per dollar, returning about $0.63 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 9 of 10 $2 games on sale in Arkansas.
THE THESIS
At 0.63 EV/$, this game ranks 9 of 10 same-price games on sale in Arkansas (median 0.65).
- 1.Ranks in the 33rd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
30 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $508,425 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,201 active gamesWhere this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active AR games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.
Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining
historical + P50 projectionClaim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersPrice vs EV — AR field
77 games · break-even highlightedNo other active AR games currently clear break-even.
Top-prize claim cadence · the roll
Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.
States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.
ABOUT THIS GAME
America's 250th: prizes, value and pace
As of August 31, 2026, 555 of the 1,487 $250 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 6 prize levels the lottery reports, 96,919 of 235,199 prizes (41%) remain; the thinnest level is $250, with 37% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $2 ticket returns about $1.26 on average (0.63 per dollar), which ranks 9 of 10 $2 games on sale in Arkansas, below the $2 median of 0.65. Among every Arkansas game with a computable value it is 53 of 73; nationally it sits in the 33th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 25 days, 21,689 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 111 top prizes.
Figures come from the prize data the Arkansas lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the August 31, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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Know when this one turns
We alert you the day a AR game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.