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Poor valueActiveCosmic Cash Lines · $3 · Arizona Lottery
Cosmic Cash Lines: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.76 on average.
▼ -5.3 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $3 AZ gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:01 AM
▼ -5.3 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $3 AZ gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:01 AM
Cosmic Cash Lines is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.7%, down 5.3 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 1 of the original 10 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 69% of the 2.7M printed tickets have been sold.
58.7%
expected return
1 in 3.75
odds of any win
1 of 10
$20K top prizes left
69%
claimed · 1.9M of 2.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 224,094 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $3
$5 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 38,198 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.76 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.73 · 57.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.03 · 1.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
224,085 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
69% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2025.
2.7M
tickets printed
1.9M
tickets claimed · 69%
840k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
10%
Tickets left
31%
10% of top prizes remain with 31% 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 $3 AZ peers
#5 of 5
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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