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Average valueActive$100 Grand Crossword · $10 · Arizona Lottery
$100 Grand Crossword: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.06 on average.
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#11 of 13 · $10 AZ gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:01 PM
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#11 of 13 · $10 AZ gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:01 PM
$100 Grand Crossword is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.6%, down 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 71.8%. 7 of the original 23 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 62% of the 6.7M printed tickets have been sold.
70.6%
expected return
1 in 3.42
odds of any win
7 of 23
$100K top prizes left
62%
claimed · 4.1M of 6.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 736,418 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,482 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.06 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.69 · 66.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.37 · 3.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
736,312 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
62% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
6.7M
tickets printed
4.1M
tickets claimed · 62%
2.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
30%
Tickets left
38%
30% 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 $10 AZ peers
#11 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arizona Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:01 PM.
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