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Decent valueActiveLoaded CASH EXPLOSION® · $20 · Arizona Lottery
Loaded CASH EXPLOSION®: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.03 on average.
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $20 AZ games
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $20 AZ games
Loaded CASH EXPLOSION® is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.1%, down 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 75.7%. 2 of the original 4 $1,250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 40% of the 11.1M printed tickets have been sold.
75.1%
expected return
1 in 3.10
odds of any win
2 of 4
$1.3M jackpots left
40%
claimed · 4.4M of 11.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,140,632 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $20
$30 – $200, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
68 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 192 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.03 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.75 · 63.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$1.90 · 9.5% of price
Jackpots $1.3M+
$0.38 · 1.9% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
73.3%
Just 2 tickets out of 6.6M carry the $1.3M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
2,128,035 winning tickets remain in this range: 85% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
40% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2025.
11.1M
tickets printed
4.4M
tickets claimed · 40%
6.6M
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
60%
50% of top prizes remain with 60% 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 $20 AZ peers
#3 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Strike It Rich
80.4%
2
High Roller
75.3%
3
Loaded CASH EXPLOSION®
75.2%
4
Jumbo Bucks
74.8%
5
200X The Cash
74.8%
Figures from Arizona Lottery published claim data.
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