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Average valueActiveRetro Slingo · $5 · Arizona Lottery
Retro Slingo: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.41 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#5 of 11 · $5 AZ gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:02 PM
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#5 of 11 · $5 AZ gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:02 PM
Retro Slingo is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.2%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 5 of the original 10 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 78% of the 3.1M printed tickets have been sold.
68.2%
expected return
1 in 3.46
odds of any win
5 of 10
$50K top prizes left
78%
claimed · 2.4M of 3.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 192,885 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
16 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 17,563 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.41 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.02 · 60.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.39 · 7.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
192,870 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
78% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
3.1M
tickets printed
2.4M
tickets claimed · 78%
667k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
22%
50% of top prizes remain with only 22% 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 $5 AZ peers
#5 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arizona Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:02 PM.
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