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Decent valueActiveMillion Dollar Crossword · $30 · Arizona Lottery
Million Dollar Crossword: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $22.76 on average.
▼ -2.4 pts vs launch#2 of 3 · $30 AZ games
▼ -2.4 pts vs launch#2 of 3 · $30 AZ games
Million Dollar Crossword is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.9%, down 2.4 percentage points from the launch value of 78.3%. 1 of the original 7 $561,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 83% of the 2.2M printed tickets have been sold.
75.9%
expected return
1 in 2.30
odds of any win
1 of 7
$561K top prizes left
83%
claimed · 1.9M of 2.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 165,369 winning tickets still unclaimed.
26 win more than $30
$40 – $250, an actual profit
17 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
57 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 346 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $22.76 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$20.97 · 69.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $561K
$1.79 · 6.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
165,318 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
83% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2025.
2.2M
tickets printed
1.9M
tickets claimed · 83%
380k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
14%
Tickets left
17%
14% of top prizes remain with 17% 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 $30 AZ peers
#2 of 3
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arizona Lottery published claim data.
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