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Average valueActive$100 Grand Crossword · $10 · Arizona Lottery
$100 Grand Crossword: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.12 on average.
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#10 of 15 · $10 AZ games
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#10 of 15 · $10 AZ games
$100 Grand Crossword is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.2%, down 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 71.8%. 6 of the original 23 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 76% of the 6.7M printed tickets have been sold.
71.2%
expected return
1 in 3.42
odds of any win
6 of 23
$100K top prizes left
76%
claimed · 5.1M of 6.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 468,938 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,524 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.12 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.64 · 66.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.48 · 4.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
468,867 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
76% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
6.7M
tickets printed
5.1M
tickets claimed · 76%
1.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
26%
Tickets left
24%
26% of top prizes remain with only 24% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Arizona Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $10 AZ peers
#10 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arizona Lottery published claim data.
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