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Weak valueActiveSunny Money · $5 · Arizona Lottery
Sunny Money: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.35 on average.
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#7 of 13 · $5 AZ games
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#7 of 13 · $5 AZ games
Sunny Money is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Arizona state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.0%, down 1.8 percentage points from the launch value of 68.8%. 2 of the original 6 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 67% of the 2.1M printed tickets have been sold.
67.0%
expected return
1 in 3.70
odds of any win
2 of 6
$50K top prizes left
67%
claimed · 1.4M of 2.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 185,637 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 18,564 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.35 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.19 · 63.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.16 · 3.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
185,624 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
67% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
2.1M
tickets printed
1.4M
tickets claimed · 67%
687k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
33%
33% of top prizes remain with only 33% 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
#7 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Arizona Lottery published claim data.
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