Arizona Lottery

The Arizona Lottery offers draw games and scratchers for players 21 or older. Although the Arizona State Lottery has a rather limited scope of game types, its menu spans a healthy range of subcategories, ranging from multi-state mega jackpots to hourly drawings and a seemingly endless variety of scratch-offs.

Read on for BettingUSA’s complete Arizona Lottery guide, where we cover everything from ticket prices to what happens if you win a jackpot. Other topics of discussion include where to buy Arizona Lottery tickets online, our review of the official AZ Lottery app, and more.

The Arizona Lottery’s current lineup consists of games at varying price points within the following categories:

  • Mega Jackpot Draw Games: Powerball and Mega Millions
  • State-Operated Jackpot Game: The Pick
  • Daily Drawings: Triple Twist, Fantasy 5, and Pick 3
  • Quick Draw: Variety games with unique add-ons and features drawn hourly
  • Fast Play: Buy a ticket and see the results immediately
  • Scratchers: Dozens of scratch-off tickets priced from $1 to $50

Arizona Online Lottery

The Arizona Lottery does not sell tickets online, and it does not endorse third-party courier apps.

However, Jackpocket and Lotto.com available in Arizona and allow customers to place orders for lottery tickets through their smartphones from anywhere in the state. Both couriers are headquartered in the United States, comply with all applicable laws, purchase official lottery tickets on behalf of customers, upload screenshots of every ticket for customers to review, and provide instant notifications whenever players win money.

Lotto.com and Jackpocket operate on similar business models, but there are some key differences players should be aware of so they can choose the lottery courier app that best fits their needs.

Supported Arizona Lottery Games:

  • Mega Millions
  • Powerball
  • The Pick
  • Pick 3
  • Fantasy 5

Accepted Payment Methods in Arizona:

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Discover
  • Apple Pay
  • Online Bank Transfer

Supported Arizona Lottery Games:

  • Mega Millions
  • Powerball
  • The Pick
  • Fantasy 5
  • Scratch Tickets

Accepted Payment Methods in Arizona:

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Discover
  • PayPal
  • Venmo

For full disclosure, the Arizona Lottery has publicly stated it does not endorse third-party couriers.

In late 2021, the lottery not to use “third-party apps and websites” to buy Arizona Lottery tickets online because it does not regulate courier services. The Executive Director of the Arizona Lottery even accused third-party couriers of “not operating legally” at the time, although its debatable if he had that part correct.

Prominent lottery couriers only operate in states where they have strong legal footing and have conducted their businesses openly in Arizona for years. For example, Jackpocket secured a relatively partnership with Circle K in 2023 to fulfill all lottery ticket orders placed on the app by Arizona customers.

Arizona Lottery App Review

Players can get the official Arizona Lottery app by searching for “AZ Lottery Players Club” in the App Store or Google Play Store.

No account is necessary to download and browse the AZ Lottery app, but it’s worth signing up for a Players Club account anyways for access to the most useful features, including the ticket scanner. Plus, Players Club accounts are free and unlock ongoing rewards.

Once they’re logged in, players can use the app’s full range of features, including:

  • Scan or manually enter tickets to check for winners
  • Enter tickets for Players Club Points
  • Enter second-chance drawings
  • View current Arizona lottery promotions
  • View information about all Arizona lottery games and scratchers, including play instructions, odds of winning, and prizes remaining
  • Custom jackpot alerts and winning number notifications

The Arizona Lottery app also doubles as a loyalty program hub, where players can manage their Players Club accounts, visit the Lucky Lounge, convert points, and enter rewards sweepstakes for cash prizes.

Suggested improvements:

  • Revert to one-click scan + points redemptions: A past version of the AZ Lottery app checked tickets for winners and redeemed them for Players Club points simultaneously in one scan. Now, players must scan each ticket once to see if it’s a winner, then scan it again for Players Club points, which is especially tedious for players with multiple tickets.
  • Enable ticket scanning without Players Club accounts: The Arizona Lottery app should allow ticket scanning without signing in as a gesture of good will. Infrequent lottery players may not want to join the Players Club, so it feels coercive being forced to sign up for an account just to check the occasional ticket.
  • Add a retail location finder: The Arizona Lottery should add a tool whereby users can find the nearest authorized retailer because third-party map apps are often outdated or don’t return complete results when searching for lottery locations. Location finders are standard in other state lottery apps, so Arizona is behind the curve in this regard.
  • Fix bugs faster: The Arizona Lottery app works fine most of the time, but random bugs and error messages are too frequent for an official lottery app. The AZ Lottery should assign at least one developer to investigating bug reports and implementing fixes.

Arizona Lottery App Screenshots

Arizona Lottery app home screen
Arizona Lottery app promos
Arizona Lottery game details
Arizona Lottery Lucky Lounge

Arizona Lottery Players Club

The Arizona Lottery has one of the most developed lottery rewards programs, dubbed the Players Club.

The AZ Lottery Players Club rewards players for purchasing tickets, participating in promotions, inviting friends, and much more. Additionally, Players Club members can access the Lucky Lounge to play digital games and enter additional cash sweepstakes drawings.

Players can join the Arizona Lottery Players Club for free by registering online at or within the AZ Lottery app.

How the Players Club Works

The AZ Lottery rewards program revolves around Players Club Points, redeemable for various rewards, such as:

  • Coupons for free lottery tickets
  • Entries into cash drawings
  • Access to Players Club promotions
  • Lucky Lounge tokens

There are several ways to earn Players Club Points:

  • Scanning eligible, non-winning scratchers and draw tickets in the Players Club app (10 points per dollar spent on AZ Lottery products)
  • Entering non-winning tickets at the Players Club website
  • Completing missions, like participating in surveys, playing specific games, and uploading a profile photo
  • Referring friends
  • Participating in various promotions

Members may occasionally receive AZ Lottery promo codes via e-mail, push notifications, and official social media accounts to participate in Players Club promotions. If you have an Arizona Lottery promo code, you can .

AZ Lottery Lucky Lounge

All Players Club members get access to Lucky Lounge, where they can play digital games to earn entries into additional sweepstakes drawings. The currency of Lucky Lounge is tokens, which members use to play games and enter additional drawings. There are three ways to get Lucky Lounge tokens:

  • Converting Players Club Points into tokens (10 tokens for every 100 points redeemed)
  • Playing Lucky Lounge games and winning
  • Purchasing token pages (starting at $5 for 5,000 tokens)

As players accumulate tokens, they can use them to enter any of Lucky Lounge’s recurring sweepstakes drawings to win cash prizes:

  • Margarita Mondays: Weekly drawing with $250 top prize and 36 winners
  • Wednesday Paloma: Weekly drawing with $500 top prize and 15 winners
  • Friday Martinis: Bi-weekly drawing with $1,000 top prize and 41 winners
  • Monthly Mojitos: Monthly drawing with a $5,000 prize for one winner
  • Quarterly Cosmo: Quarterly drawing with a $10,000 prize for one winner

Arizona Lottery Games

The Arizona Lottery offers six major draw games plus various hourly draw games, print-and-win tickets, and scratchers. Here’s how they work, their drawing schedules, and where to learn more.

Mega Millions and Powerball are Arizona’s biggest jackpot games, capable of producing billion-dollar top prizes. They’re also the hardest to win because Mega Millions and Powerball sell tickets nationwide, so you’re competing with millions of people for those eye-catching jackpots.

Both games cost $2 to play and each offers a $1 upgrade option to activate enhanced non-jackpot prizes.

Arizona players should note that Mega Millions and Powerball set their schedules in the eastern time zone, so draw times and ticket purchase cutoff times change by an hour twice a year. Tickets purchased after the cutoff deadline automatically enter the next scheduled drawing. Fortunately, Mega Millions and Powerball share a ticket purchase deadline in Arizona, so that makes it a little easier to keep track.

Mega Millions and Powerball Purchase Deadlines

  • From the Second Sunday of March through the First Saturday of November: 6:59 PM Arizona Time
  • From the First Sunday of November through the Second Saturday in March: 7:59 PM Arizona Time

Draw Schedules

  • Mega Millions Arizona Drawings: Tuesday and Friday evenings
  • Powerball Arizona Drawings: Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evenings

Ticket Purchase Deadlines

  • Mega Millions Arizona Cutoff: 6:59 PM Arizona Time from the second Sunday of March through the first Saturday of November; 7:59 PM otherwise
  • Powerball Arizona Cutoff: 6:59 PM Arizona Time from the second Sunday of March through the first Saturday of November; 7:59 PM otherwise

Read more about Mega Millions and Powerball here:

Draw Times:

  • 7:00 PM Daily

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Fantasy 5 is a traditional lottery game with a drawing where your goal is to match the 5 numbers you’ve picked with the 5 numbers drawn during the lottery. The 5 numbers must be from between 1 and 41, inclusive. You can choose your own numbers or use a quick pick on the vending machine where you buy your ticket.

It costs $1 to play Fantasy 5, but you can add an extra $1 or $2 to play a bonus game called “EXTRA!”. This bonus game gives you a shot at a $250 or $500 instant win.

One fun feature about Fantasy 5 is the “doubler” feature. About 10% of the tickets in Fantasy 5 are randomly assigned “doubler” status, which means that you get to double your prize (as long as it’s not the big jackpot.)

Fantasy 5 drawings are held every day, Monday through Sunday.

Fantasy 5 Paytable

  • 5 numbers match – jackpot (at least $50,000) – 1 in 749,398
  • 4 numbers match – $500 – 1 in 4163
  • 3 numbers match – $5 – 1 in 119
  • 2 numbers match – $1 – 1 in 11

The jackpot starts at $50,000 and rises until it’s won.

The Arizona Lottery has dozens of scratch-offs available at any given time at prices ranging from $1 to $50 per play. The lineup changes often, but top prizes typically range from a couple hundred dollars to several million, depending on the game.

Players can for an updated list of top prizes remaining for all active Arizona scratchers.

The Pick costs $1 per play, and you pick six numbers from between 1 and 44. Your goal is to match as many of those numbers as possible to the numbers selected during the drawing.

The Pick Prize List

  • Match 6 numbers – Jackpot ($1+ million) – 1 in 7,059,052
  • Match 5 numbers – $2000 – 1 in 30,961
  • Match 4 numbers – $50 – 1 in 669
  • Match 3 numbers – $3 – 1 in 42

The starting jackpot is $1 million and increases after every drawing without a winner.

The Arizona State Lottery holds the drawings for The Pick on Wednesday and Saturday evenings.

Triple Twist looks like a simple game similar to The Pick, but as the name implies, it involves several twists that make it a completely unique game.

Here are the big differences:

  • It costs $2 to play instead of $1.
  • You choose six numbers, but they’re between 1 and 42 (instead of 44).
  • You get 2 bonus rows of numbers chosen by the computer.
  • Drawings for Triple Twist are held every night.
  • If you win on any of your three rows of numbers, you get paid.
  • The starting jackpot is $200,000.

Triple Twist Paytable

  • Match all 6 numbers – Jackpot $200,000+ – 1 in 5,245,786
  • Match 5 numbers – $500 – 1 in 23, 286
  • Match 4 numbers – $10 – 1 in 555.1
  • Match 3 numbers – $2 – 1 in 36.7

That’s for the main game.

But you also have payouts for combined lines, as follows:

  • 10 or more out of 18 – $2000 – 1 in 142,824.9
  • 9 out of 18 – $500 – 1 in 12,407.9
  • 8 out of 19 – $50 – 1 in 1473
  • 7 out of 18 – $10 – 1 in 237.6
  • 6 out of 18 – $5 – 1 in 52.1
  • 5 out of 18 – $2 – 1 in 15.7

How to Claim Arizona Lottery Prizes

If you want to claim a prize of $100 or less, you can do so at ANY authorized lottery retailer.

If you want to claim a prize of $101 to $599, you can do so at SOME authorized lottery retailers – check with them first.

If you want to claim a prize of $600 or more, you must fill out a winner’s claim form and mail it to the lottery office. You can also bring it in person. In Arizona, you have offices in Phoenix and Tucson to choose from. The contact information for the lottery offices are listed below in the “Contact the Arizona Lottery” section.

Players have 180 days to claim their prizes from the following dates:

  • Draw game tickets: 180 days from the date of the drawing
  • Fast Play tickets: 180 days from the purchase date
  • Scratchers: 180 days from the day the game ends (scroll down a bit on for a complete list of claim deadlines for every scratcher)

Contact the Arizona Lottery

You can find multiple options for contacting the Arizona lottery here:

Phoenix office:

  • 480-921-4400
  • 4740 E University Drive
    Phoenix, AZ 85034
  • Monday – Friday, 7:30 am – 5pm

Tucson office:

  • 520-628-5107
  • 2900 E Broadway Blvd, Suite 190
  • Tucson, AZ 85716
  • Monday – Friday, 7:30 am – 5pm

Arizona Lottery FAQ

Players must be 21 or older to purchase and redeem Arizona Lottery tickets.

The Arizona Lottery does not sell lottery tickets online.

However, players can use select third-party courier apps to order official Arizona Lottery tickets from anywhere within state lines. The Arizona Lottery does not regulate third-party couriers, so players who want to order tickets online should choose reputable lottery apps only (see our recommendations near the top of this page).

Revenue generated by the Arizona Lottery funds in four categories:

  • Higher Education
  • Health and Human Services
  • Environmental Conservation
  • Business and Economic Development

Players can read more about the Arizona Lottery’s charitable activities in its monthly newsletter, .