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Decent valueActiveUltimate Riches · $30 · Arizona Lottery
Ultimate Riches: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $23.79 on average.
▲ +2.7 pts vs launch#1 of 3 · $30 AZ gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
▲ +2.7 pts vs launch#1 of 3 · $30 AZ gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
Ultimate Riches is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 79.3%, up 2.7 percentage points from the launch value of 76.6%. 2 of the original 3 $1,750,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 50% of the 2.1M printed tickets have been sold.
79.3%
expected return
1 in 2.8
odds of any win
2 of 3
$1.8M jackpots left
50%
claimed · 1.1M of 2.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 379,391 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 358 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $23.79 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $40 – $500
$20.26 · 67.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.19 · 0.6% of price
Jackpots $1.8M+
$3.34 · 11.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.2%
Just 2 tickets out of 1M 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
379,313 winning tickets remain in this range: 85% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
50% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
2.1M
tickets printed
1.1M
tickets claimed · 50%
1M
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
50%
67% of top prizes remain with only 50% 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
#1 of 3
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arizona Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 15, 2026.
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