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Average valueActiveState Forty Eight · $5 · Arizona Lottery
State Forty Eight: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.42 on average.
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#4 of 12 · $5 AZ gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:02 PM
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#4 of 12 · $5 AZ gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:02 PM
State Forty Eight is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.4%, down 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 4 of the original 5 $48,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 10% of the 2.0M printed tickets have been sold.
68.4%
expected return
1 in 3.66
odds of any win
4 of 5
$48K top prizes left
10%
claimed · 206k of 2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 493,759 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $480, an actual profit
12 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 90,358 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.42 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $480
$3.30 · 66.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $48K
$0.12 · 2.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $480 wins
493,739 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
10% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
2M
tickets printed
206k
tickets claimed · 10%
1.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
80%
Tickets left
90%
80% of top prizes remain with 90% 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
#4 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arizona Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 12:02 PM.
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