Even if you don't win with your Arizona Lottery scratchers the first time around, you might be able to enter them into Second Chance drawings and still win a great prize. Find out more about how you can make the most of your non-winning tickets in the Grand Canyon State.
The Arizona Lottery's Players Club has regular promotions and gives away some huge prizes to lucky winners. You need to be a member to take advantage of these offers, and it's easy to create an account by registering with your email address and providing your name and date of birth. Remember that you need to be at least 21 years old to buy or redeem lottery or scratchers tickets in Arizona.
The idea is to collect points by entering tickets. These can be for scratchers, Fast Play, Quick Draw or draw game tickets, but the majority of eligible second chance tickets are scratchers. You earn 10 points for every dollar that you've spent on the games you enter.
Unlike in many other states, it is not necessarily just losing tickets that can be entered. Depending on the promotion, you might be able to submit winning tickets too. However, you should make sure you enter any winning tickets into your Players Club account prior to redeeming with a retailer, as the retailer may keep your validated ticket.
To enter a ticket, you must submit the required entry information. This can be done by typing in the requested serial number on your scratcher, or increasingly by using the Arizona Lottery app to scan the barcode.
You'll find details online of the eligible games for each promotion, and how many points it costs per entry into the Second Chance draw. There is no limit to how many entries you can submit. The more you have, the better your chances of winning.
Make sure you submit your entries by the deadline, then just wait for the relevant draw to take place.
Each promotion has its own prize structure. There is usually a series of draws, perhaps once a month, and each one has a number of guaranteed prizes.
The Money Multiple promotion, for example, sees one player randomly selected to receive the top prize of $100,000. There are also prizes worth $50,000, $10,000 and $5,000, with a single winner of each amount.
You can refer friends to the Players Club and receive points for each one who registers, up to three a month. This can help you to enter more drawings without having to spend so much on scratchers.