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Poor valueActiveSizzling Red Hot 7`s · $5 · Arizona Lottery
Sizzling Red Hot 7`s: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.97 on average.
▼ -9.4 pts vs launch#12 of 12 · $5 AZ games
▼ -9.4 pts vs launch#12 of 12 · $5 AZ games
Sizzling Red Hot 7`s is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.4%, down 9.4 percentage points from the launch value of 68.8%. 1 of the original 9 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 92% of the 3.0M printed tickets have been sold.
59.4%
expected return
1 in 3.68
odds of any win
1 of 9
$50K top prizes left
92%
claimed · 2.7M of 3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 64,007 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 33,649 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.97 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.76 · 55.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.21 · 4.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
64,006 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
92% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2025.
3M
tickets printed
2.7M
tickets claimed · 92%
236k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
11%
Tickets left
8%
11% of top prizes remain with only 8% 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
#12 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arizona Lottery published claim data.
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