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Weak valueActiveSlingo Gems · $5 · Arizona Lottery
Slingo Gems: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.38 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#7 of 12 · $5 AZ games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#7 of 12 · $5 AZ games
Slingo Gems is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.6%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 67.8%. 9 of the original 10 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 4% of the 3.1M printed tickets have been sold.
67.6%
expected return
1 in 3.46
odds of any win
9 of 10
$50K top prizes left
4%
claimed · 112k of 3.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 858,407 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
15 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 16,142 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.38 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.21 · 64.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.17 · 3.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
858,349 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
4% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
3.1M
tickets printed
112k
tickets claimed · 4%
3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
90%
Tickets left
96%
90% of top prizes remain with 96% 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 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arizona Lottery published claim data.
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