The AZ Lotto is operated by the Arizona government.

It started back in November 1980 and the first lottery tickets went on sale in July 1981. These tickets were scratch-offs called “Scratch It Rich” and were the only tickets available from the Arizona Lottery until 1984 when they launched a jackpot game.

At the time the Arizona State Lottery began, it was the only western US state to have it own lottery.

This state lottery is unique amongst USA lottery games because the citizens of Arizona can vote every few years as to whether the games can continue or not. The last vote took place on 2002 when voters voted in favour of keeping the Arizona State Lottery – the next vote is due to take place around the year 2011.

Arizona is also a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association and includes the Powerball amongst its lottery portfolio.

Its other games include Pick 5, Pick 3, various scratchers and the states’ main jackpot game which we will be looking at in more detail here, “The Pick”….

The Pick is Arizona Lottery’s main game - it started in 1984 and is still going strong.

The Pick jackpots start at $1 million and every time that it is not won it “rolls over” and increases in value.

You can buy your tickets in Arizona for The Pick between the hours of 4am and 12 Midnight every day. On draw days, sales cease from 9.30pm to 9.35 pm after which you can get tickets for the next draw.

The Pick has twice weekly draws which take place on Wednesdays and Saturdays at approximately 10.25 pm and you can watch this live on television.

The Pick from the AZ Lotto uses what’s known as a 6/44 matrix which means that when playing The Pick, you need to select 6 numbers from a pool of numbers from 1 to 44 – if you match all 6 numbers drawn then you will be a AZ Lottery jackpot winner.

There are other cash prizes to be won too, if you match either 5 of the numbers drawn, 4 numbers or even just 3.

A Quick Pick facility is available when playing Arizona Lottery games similar to the “Lucky Dip” that is used in the UK National Lottery or Europe’s Euromillions – which means that you can get the computer terminal to select all your AZ lotto numbers for The Pick if you wish.

Arizona-The Pick "Quick Pick" Random Number Generator  Click On the Button Below to Generate Some Numbers Your numbers will open in the top left in a new small window. To generate more numbers you MUST close "X" this small window first. Javascript must be enabled in your browser for this widget to work. The button below will not work unless it is.

So, playing the The Pick from Arizona Lotto is simple…just select your own 6 numbers or let the computer generate them automatically for you.

Each entry on the Arizona State Lottery “The Pick” game costs just $1.00.

Each time the jackpot is not won, it “rolls over” to the next draw. So…the jackpot will begin at a value of $1 million and each time there is no jackpot winner it will “rollover” - this feature of the Arizona Lottery results in some very sizeable jackpot amounts.

As with most lotteries in the U.S.A., in the past, only citizens living in the State of Arizona were allowed to play in any of the Arizona Lottery games including The Pick and tickets had to be purchased from an authorized lottery ticket retailer based in Arizona.

Now, however, with the very welcome presence of genuine online lottery ticket sales companies such as TheLotter, you are able to pick your Arizona Lottery numbers online and purchase your tickets and it doesn’t matter where in the world you are living.

This is excellent news if you live outside of Arizona and the U.S.A. but you want to buy lottery tickets online for The Pick and guarantee your entry into the next draw or just simply wish to enjoy the convenience of getting your lottery tickets online.

Once you have entered into the The Pick, you are then easily able to check your Arizona Lottery result online to see how you have done and to find out if you have become one of the lucky AZ Lotto winners.

You must be 21 years of age to be eligible to purchase a ticket for any of the Arizona State Lottery games including The Pick.