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Strong valueActiveStrike It Rich · $20 · Arizona Lottery
Strike It Rich: Strong value. A $20 ticket pays back $16.08 on average.
▲ +6.3 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $20 AZ games
▲ +6.3 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $20 AZ games
Strike It Rich is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.4%, up 6.3 percentage points from the launch value of 74.1%. 4 of the original 7 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 70% of the 2.2M printed tickets have been sold.
80.4%
expected return
1 in 3.06
odds of any win
4 of 7
$500K top prizes left
70%
claimed · 1.5M of 2.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 212,857 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $20
$25 – $200, an actual profit
14 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 306 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $16.08 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.89 · 64.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $500K
$3.19 · 15.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
212,796 winning tickets remain in this range: 80% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
70% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
2.2M
tickets printed
1.5M
tickets claimed · 70%
651k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
57%
Tickets left
30%
57% of top prizes remain with only 30% 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
#1 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arizona Lottery published claim data.
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