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Average valueActiveCelebrate · $5 · Arizona Lottery
Celebrate: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.45 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 11 · $5 AZ gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:01 AM
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 11 · $5 AZ gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:01 AM
Celebrate is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 3 of the original 3 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 11% of the 1.7M printed tickets have been sold.
69.0%
expected return
1 in 3.65
odds of any win
3 of 3
$50K top prizes left
11%
claimed · 183k of 1.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 406,407 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 114,107 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.45 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $250
$3.34 · 66.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.11 · 2.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $250 wins
406,394 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
11% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
1.7M
tickets printed
183k
tickets claimed · 11%
1.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
89%
100% of top prizes remain with only 89% 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 $5 AZ peers
#1 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arizona Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:01 AM.
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