The Pick

• You have to be 18 or older to purchase a The Pick lottery ticket.
• They don’t televise or publish the drawn numbers on the website to determine the winner; rather, the Arizona State Lottery Official audits records of the numbers drawn to determine the winner. Winning ticket holders need to claim their prize within 180 days or it will be voided.
• In case you win the jackpot, you can either opt to have your money in installments for a 30-year annuity or you can go for lump-sum cash which will be almost half of the announced jackpot after taxes. Well, either way, you are leaving with a lot of money. To choose the annuity, you have 60 days, but after that, you can have the prize paid out as lump-sum cash.
• Odds of winning a prize with EXTRA! can deviate.
• Drawing game can’t be voided as all sales are final!

Arizona Lottery is governed by Arizona State and is a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). Public initiative for lottery approval was first passed in 1980 and the first sale from the Arizona Lottery was on July 1, 1988. By the year 2016, the Arizona Lottery transferred over $205 million to fund a variety of state programs. It supports about 12 funds that serve 18 state beneficiaries. The Pick was first drawn on October 13, 1984, and has been contributing to the public funds since then. In 2007, its largest jackpot worth $13.5 million was drawn.