Does your favorite Arkansas lottery game make the list?
The lottery is a favorite pastime all across the country. Wager a little for a potential big payout. Who doesn’t want to take a chance on that? Arkansas offers a wide variety of thrilling lottery games that could change your life overnight. With Jackpocket, explore the top lottery games available in the state, learn how to play and hear about some popular Arkansas winners.
Overview of Arkansas Lottery Games
There are two types of lottery games in Arkansas that allow you to join in on the fun. These include draw games (like Powerball or Mega Millions) and Arkansas lottery instant games (also known as scratchers). In this article, learn about the top draw games along with the best Arkansas scratch-offs. Ready? Let’s get started.
Arkansas Draw Games
If you have ever played the lottery, you are likely familiar with draw games such as Powerball or Mega Millions. These highly popular multistate games draw thousands of players each drawing, in each participating state.
The odds of winning are huge, but so are the jackpots. The odds of winning the grand prize for Powerball is 1 in 292 million. The odds of winning Mega Millions is even higher at 1 in 302 million. But who doesn’t want to take a chance with jackpots that have reached $2.04 billion for Powerball and $1.6 billion for Mega Millions?
There are Arkansas lottery games that are local to just the state, too. While the prizes don’t come close to the amounts that Powerball or Mega Millions can climb, they are still impressive. And the odds of winning are better, too. Let’s take a look at a few of these lottery games:
Lotto
Just because it’s not a huge multistate lottery game doesn’t mean you can’t still become a millionaire. This Arkansas lottery game starts at $250,000 and grows until someone hits the jackpot. As of Dec. 2, 2024, the grand prize was $4.4 million. Drawings happen twice a week on Wednesday and Saturday at 8:59 PM CT.
Arkansas Lotto works similarly to Powerball. Pick six numbers between 1 and 40. Match the six numbers in any order to win the jackpot. During the drawing, a seventh number is drawn. This is the bonus number. If you match five numbers and the bonus number, you win $25,000. The overall odds of winning a prize are 1:18.3. You can choose your own numbers or Quick Pick.
Natural State Jackpot
Another fun Arkansas lottery game is Natural State Jackpot. This game offers daily chances to win. The jackpot of this game starts at $50,000 and increases by $5,000 for each drawing when someone doesn’t hit the jackpot until the game reaches $100,000. Once the jackpot hits $100,000, it climbs by $10,000 per game until someone wins! Just like other draw games, you can select your own numbers or use Quick Pick. Choose five numbers between 1 and 39. If your numbers are drawn in any order, you win!
Lucky For Life
The last Arkansas draw game we will cover is Lucky For Life, another exciting game offering daily chances to win big. You can win $364,000 per year for life! Like other draw games, you pick five numbers between 1 and 48. In addition to the five numbers, a sixth number will be chosen as the “Lucky Ball.” The options here are between 1 and 18. Not sure what numbers to pick? Leave it up to random chance with a Quick Pick. Match all six balls (five white and the Lucky Ball) to win $7,000 per week for life!
How Can I Check Arkansas Lottery Results?
Are you excited to find out the results of your favorite Arkansas lottery games? If you order your ticket through Jackpocket, there is nothing you need to do. Know if you have won without checking the results. We will notify you automatically when you win! If your prize is up to $500 (the threshold in Arkansas), we will credit your Jackpocket account the amount won. Play again, or transfer your winnings to your bank account. For prizes of $500 and more, we will securely send your ticket to you so you can claim your winnings with the Arkansas Scholarship lottery. Prizes up to $1 million can be claimed by mail.
Top Arkansas Scratch-Offs to Try
Don’t want to wait for a drawing to happen? Find out immediately if you have won a prize with Arkansas lottery instant games. You may know these better as scratchers or scratch-off tickets. Tickets for these Arkansas lottery games range between $1 and $20 per ticket to try your luck. The higher the ticket cost, the higher the potential prize to be won. Note that the odds of winning also go up with the cost of the ticket.
Games change as prizes are won, and a set number of prizes are available at each prize level for each game. To find out what prizes are still available for a game you want to play, check the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery website. Arkansas instant lottery games are fun to play and offer better odds of winning than draw games.
As of this writing, there are 12 $1 and $2 games, eight $3 games, 14 $5 games, 13 $10 games and six $20 tickets available. If you ordered one ticket from each cost level, you would spend $41 on tickets. It’s important to have a budget for your lottery play and stick to it. It can be easy to order ticket after ticket, hoping the next ticket will be a winner.
Playing is easy. Scratch off the surface of the ticket to reveal the symbols underneath. Match the symbols as instructed to see if you’ve won a prize. Each Arkansas state lottery instant game has its own rules for winning, so it’s important to understand them for any game you are considering. It is highly recommended to check the Arkansas Scholarship lottery website for details on how to win and what prizes are still available for each ticket type.
Please note that at this time, Arkansas lottery instant games are only available through Arkansas lottery retailers. There are usually popular drugstores, grocery stores and gas stations.
Arkansas Lottery Winners and Stories
Jackpocket has had all kinds of winners in Arkansas take home prizes from various Arkansas lottery games. Take S. Marshall, who recently won $390,000 on Natural State Jackpot when they ordered their ticket with Jackpocket. K. Anthony took home $100,000 playing Powerball. One of the biggest wins was an anonymous winner who took home $5.75 million playing Lucky for Life using Jackpocket.
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