Bits & Odds

Set For Life — $50 Arizona Scratcher #1401

Data captured · launched January 31, 2023

Set For Life (#1401) is a $50 Arizona scratcher launched on January 31, 2023. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #4 of 58 active games on current payout (81.7%, $40.87 expected back per ticket) and #1 of 3 $50 games, #2 on any-prize odds (1 in 2.52) and #44 on top-prize odds (1 in 491,947). Since launch the payout has fallen 1.6 points (83.4% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 13.7% (1 in 2.18 at launch). 2 of 6 top prizes of $5,000,000 ($5 Million) remain, and we estimate 983,893 tickets are still unsold (81.5% sold). That puts it among the best Arizona scratchers to buy right now.

Current payout
81.7%
83.4% at launch
Expected value
$40.87
per $50 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 2.52
1 in 2.18 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 2.52
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 7.04
win more than $50
$600+ odds
1 in 1,140
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
2 of 6
$5,000,000 ($5 Million) each
Tickets remaining
18.5%
≈ 983,893 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Set For Life, 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, 389,728 of 2,442,507 prizes (16.0%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$5 Million 1 in 886,248 1 in 491,947 6 4 2 33.3%
$10,000 1 in 13,565 1 in 14,259 392 323 69 17.6%
$1,000 1 in 1,080 1 in 1,242 4,925 4,133 792 16.1%
$500 1 in 56.9 1 in 69.8 93,517 79,415 14,102 15.1%
$100 1 in 19.3 1 in 23.3 275,755 233,457 42,298 15.3%
$60 1 in 10.3 1 in 11.9 516,983 434,482 82,501 16.0%
$50 1 in 3.43 1 in 3.94 1,550,929 1,300,965 249,964 16.1%
All prizes1 in 2.181 in 2.52 2,442,5072,052,779 389,72816.0%

How Set For Life has moved

0% 43% 85% Feb 2025Jul 2025Oct 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Set For Life. 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.

Set For Life: common questions

How many $5,000,000 prizes are left in Set For Life?
2 of 6 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 491,947.
What are the odds of winning anything on Set For Life?
1 in 2.52 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 2.18 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 2.52, and the odds of winning more than the $50 ticket price are 1 in 7.04.
Is Set For Life worth buying?
Its current payout is 81.7% ($40.87 back per $50 ticket), rank #4 of 58 in Arizona. The best $50 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is $5,000,000 Luxe (#1480, $50) at 80.6%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Set For Life tickets are left?
We estimate 983,893 of roughly 5,319,686 printed tickets are unsold (81.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Set For Life launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on January 31, 2023. It is still on sale.

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