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Poor valueActiveLucky Dog · $1 · Arizona Lottery
Lucky Dog: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.58 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#2 of 3 · $1 AZ games
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#2 of 3 · $1 AZ games
Lucky Dog is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 59.0%. 6 of the original 8 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 21% of the 3.3M printed tickets have been sold.
58.0%
expected return
1 in 4.45
odds of any win
6 of 8
$1K top prizes left
21%
claimed · 701k of 3.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 577,701 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $1
$2 – $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 428,462 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.58 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $200
$0.58 · 57.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.00 · 0.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $200 wins
577,695 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
21% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
3.3M
tickets printed
701k
tickets claimed · 21%
2.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
79%
75% of top prizes remain with 79% 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 $1 AZ peers
#2 of 3
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arizona Lottery published claim data.
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