AR · #879 · $3

Mega Cash Crossword

Arkansas· Launched Feb 2026· 183 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.60

USA percentile

20th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

$75,000 tier

% sold-through

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2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

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Mega Cash Crossword is a $3 scratch-off game from the Arkansas (game #879). It launched in February 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $75 remain unclaimed, as published by the Arkansas. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.50. Our models put its expected value at 0.60 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.60 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.60 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

1.Ranks in the 20th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.

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Prize ladder

11 tiers · % remaining

$75K

0/3

$1K

2/18

$500

21/143

$200

17/171

$100

175/1.3K

$50

865/6.4K

$30

1.6K/8.7K

$20

3.3K/24.9K

$10

13.2K/95.5K

24.7K/166.2K

52.2K/290.8K

Total unclaimed prize value: $603,853 — 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 · 20th

USA: 20th percentileAR: 12th 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 · +9%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — AR field

77 games · break-even highlighted

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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