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Loaded CASH EXPLOSION® — $20 Arizona Scratcher #1490

Data captured · launched April 1, 2025

Loaded CASH EXPLOSION® (#1490) is a $20 Arizona scratcher launched on April 1, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #8 of 58 active games on current payout (78.6%, $15.73 expected back per ticket) and #1 of 6 $20 games, #11 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.04) and #58 on top-prize odds (1 in 3,048,442). Since launch the payout has risen 0.6 points (78.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 1.8% (1 in 3.10 at launch). 2 of 4 top prizes of $2,500,000 ($2.5 Million) remain, and we estimate 6,096,883 tickets are still unsold (44.8% sold). That is a middle-of-the-pack game: fine to play, but the ranking lists show better value at the same price.

Current payout
78.6%
78.0% at launch
Expected value
$15.73
per $20 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 3.04
1 in 3.10 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 3.04
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 5.71
win more than $20
$600+ odds
1 in 518.5
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
2 of 4
$2,500,000 ($2.5 Million) each
Tickets remaining
55.2%
≈ 6,096,883 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Loaded CASH EXPLOSION®, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. To set its odds of $1,000 or more (or any other prize size) against every other Arizona game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 2,003,023 of 3,567,706 prizes (56.1%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$2.5 Million 1 in 2,763,465 1 in 3,048,442 4 2 2 50.0%
$1,000 1 in 526.4 1 in 518.6 21,001 9,244 11,757 56.0%
$500 1 in 299.7 1 in 296.3 36,884 16,304 20,580 55.8%
$200 1 in 149.9 1 in 148.6 73,755 32,738 41,017 55.6%
$100 1 in 66.7 1 in 66.1 165,783 73,596 92,187 55.6%
$50 1 in 21.8 1 in 21.6 506,819 224,027 282,792 55.8%
$30 1 in 10.0 1 in 9.85 1,105,386 486,614 618,772 56.0%
$20 1 in 6.67 1 in 6.51 1,658,074 722,158 935,916 56.4%
All prizes1 in 3.101 in 3.04 3,567,7061,564,683 2,003,02356.1%

How Loaded CASH EXPLOSION® has moved

76% 78% 80% Apr 2025Jul 2025Oct 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Loaded CASH EXPLOSION®. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

Derived from day-to-day changes in the official remaining-prize counts, so the date is when the lottery published the change.

Loaded CASH EXPLOSION®: common questions

How many $2,500,000 prizes are left in Loaded CASH EXPLOSION®?
2 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 3,048,442.
What are the odds of winning anything on Loaded CASH EXPLOSION®?
1 in 3.04 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.10 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.04, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 5.71.
Is Loaded CASH EXPLOSION® worth buying?
Its current payout is 78.6% ($15.73 back per $20 ticket), rank #8 of 58 in Arizona. The best $20 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Strike It Rich (#1496, $20) at 76.6%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Loaded CASH EXPLOSION® tickets are left?
We estimate 6,096,883 of roughly 11,059,354 printed tickets are unsold (44.8% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Loaded CASH EXPLOSION® launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on April 1, 2025. It is still on sale.

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