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Decent valueActiveUltimate Riches · $30 · Arizona Lottery
Ultimate Riches: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $22.64 on average.
▼ -1.1 pts vs launch#4 of 4 · $30 AZ games
▼ -1.1 pts vs launch#4 of 4 · $30 AZ games
Ultimate Riches is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.5%, down 1.1 percentage points from the launch value of 76.6%. 1 of the original 3 $1,750,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 62% of the 2.1M printed tickets have been sold.
75.5%
expected return
1 in 2.76
odds of any win
1 of 3
$1.8M jackpots left
62%
claimed · 1.3M of 2.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 288,048 winning tickets still unclaimed.
36 win more than $30
$40 – $250, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
64 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 365 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $22.64 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $40 – $500
$20.23 · 67.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.21 · 0.7% of price
Jackpots $1.8M+
$2.20 · 7.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.1%
Just 1 ticket out of 795k carry the $1.8M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$40 – $500 wins
287,988 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
62% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
2.1M
tickets printed
1.3M
tickets claimed · 62%
795k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
38%
33% of top prizes remain with 38% 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 $30 AZ peers
#4 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Million Dollar Crossword
79.1%
2
Show Me The Bens
77.2%
3
Million Dollar Crossword
75.9%
4
Ultimate Riches
75.5%
Figures from Arizona Lottery published claim data.
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