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Weak valueActiveRetro Slingo · $5 · Arizona Lottery
Retro Slingo: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.26 on average.
▼ -2.8 pts vs launch#11 of 13 · $5 AZ games
▼ -2.8 pts vs launch#11 of 13 · $5 AZ games
Retro Slingo is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.2%, down 2.8 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 3 of the original 10 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 3.1M printed tickets have been sold.
65.2%
expected return
1 in 3.46
odds of any win
3 of 10
$50K top prizes left
85%
claimed · 2.6M of 3.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 131,716 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
16 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 17,528 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.26 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.91 · 58.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.35 · 6.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
131,705 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
85% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
3.1M
tickets printed
2.6M
tickets claimed · 85%
456k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
30%
Tickets left
15%
30% of top prizes remain with only 15% 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
#11 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arizona Lottery published claim data.
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