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Weak valueActiveCrossword · $2 · Arizona Lottery
Crossword: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.21 on average.
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#4 of 11 · $2 AZ games
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#4 of 11 · $2 AZ games
Crossword is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 60.5%, down 1.5 percentage points from the launch value of 62.0%. 12 of the original 20 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 45% of the 8.0M printed tickets have been sold.
60.5%
expected return
1 in 3.68
odds of any win
12 of 20
$10K top prizes left
45%
claimed · 3.6M of 8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,188,402 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$5 – $100, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 79,515 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.21 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.18 · 58.8% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $10K
$0.03 · 1.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
1,188,378 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
45% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
8M
tickets printed
3.6M
tickets claimed · 45%
4.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
60%
Tickets left
55%
60% of top prizes remain with only 55% 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 $2 AZ peers
#4 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arizona Lottery published claim data.
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