AR · #897 · $2

America's 250th

Arkansas· Launched Jun 2026· 64 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.63

USA percentile

32th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

671

$250 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

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America's 250th is a $2 scratch-off game from the Arkansas (game #897). It launched in June 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 671 top prizes of $250 remain unclaimed, as published by the Arkansas. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.16. Our models put its expected value at 0.63 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.63 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.63 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.Ranks in the 32nd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

30 tiers · % remaining
$5
0 left
$5
0 left
$250
671/1.5K
$6
0 left
$5
0 left
$20
1.9K/3.9K
$5
0/10
$5
0 left
$4
0 left
$10
10.1K/20.9K
$4
0 left
$4
0/10
$4
0 left
$5
27.8K/56.1K
$4
11.3K/22.2K
$3
0 left
$3
0 left
$3
0/10
$2
67.9K/130.6K
$3
0 left
$2
0 left
$2
0 left
$2
0 left
$2
0 left
$1
0 left
$1
0 left
$4
0/10
$3
0/10
$2
0/10
$1
0/10

Total unclaimed prize value: $626,301 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 active games

Where 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.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
AR median0.70 EV/$
YOU · 32th
USA: 32th percentileAR: 27th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Not enough historical data to render chart.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +6%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — AR field

77 games · break-even highlighted
$0$6$12$220.000.250.500.99YOU

No 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.

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