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Weak valueActiveRed Hot 7s · $2 · Arizona Lottery
Red Hot 7s: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.22 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 9 · $2 AZ gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:01 PM
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 9 · $2 AZ gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:01 PM
Red Hot 7s is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 61.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 62.0%. 17 of the original 22 $7,777 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 30% of the 5.7M printed tickets have been sold.
61.0%
expected return
1 in 3.98
odds of any win
17 of 22
$8K top prizes left
30%
claimed · 1.7M of 5.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,006,323 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$3 – $70, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 47,120 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.22 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $777
$1.19 · 59.4% of price
Mid prizes $8K
$0.03 · 1.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $777 wins
1,006,306 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
30% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
5.7M
tickets printed
1.7M
tickets claimed · 30%
4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
77%
Tickets left
70%
77% of top prizes remain with only 70% 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 $2 AZ peers
#1 of 9
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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