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Weak valueActiveSizzling Red Hot 7`s · $5 · Arizona Lottery
Sizzling Red Hot 7`s: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.37 on average.
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#7 of 11 · $5 AZ gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:02 AM
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#7 of 11 · $5 AZ gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:02 AM
Sizzling Red Hot 7`s is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.4%, down 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 68.8%. 3 of the original 9 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 89% of the 3.0M printed tickets have been sold.
67.4%
expected return
1 in 3.68
odds of any win
3 of 9
$50K top prizes left
89%
claimed · 2.7M of 3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 85,337 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
14 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 26,170 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.37 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.89 · 57.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.48 · 9.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
85,334 winning tickets remain in this range: 86% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
89% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2025.
3M
tickets printed
2.7M
tickets claimed · 89%
314k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
11%
33% of top prizes remain with only 11% 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
#7 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arizona Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:02 AM.
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