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Average valueActiveInstant Cash · $10 · Arizona Lottery
Instant Cash: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.15 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#7 of 15 · $10 AZ games
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#7 of 15 · $10 AZ games
Instant Cash is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.5%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 71.9%. 3 of the original 6 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 50% of the 2.0M printed tickets have been sold.
71.5%
expected return
1 in 3.44
odds of any win
3 of 6
$100K top prizes left
50%
claimed · 1M of 2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 292,883 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $10
$15 – $250, an actual profit
11 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 2,214 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.15 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.78 · 67.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.37 · 3.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
292,839 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
50% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
2M
tickets printed
1M
tickets claimed · 50%
1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
50%
50% of top prizes remain with 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 $10 AZ peers
#7 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arizona Lottery published claim data.
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