NJ · #1844 · $20

$1,000,000 Platinum Payout

New Jersey· Launched Feb 2024· 914 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.72

USA percentile

70th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$628,500 tier

% sold-through

74%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~7701d

P10–P90: 5391–10781d

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$1,000,000 Platinum Payout is a $20 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1844). It launched in February 2024. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $628.5 remains unclaimed, with roughly 74% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.72 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.72 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.72 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.33% of $628,500 prizes still unclaimed at 74% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 0.33% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~7701 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 70th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

9 tiers · % remaining
$628.5K
1/3
33%
$50K
3/12
$2K
30/97
$500
7.6K/30.2K
$200
19.1K/76.2K
$100
51.0K/203.1K
$50
113.4K/445.0K
$40
93.5K/362.7K
$20
188.4K/725.2K

Total unclaimed prize value: $26.72M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 active games

Where this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active NJ games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
NJ median0.66 EV/$
YOU · 70th
USA: 70th percentileNJ: 84th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 29Jun 5Jun 12Jun 19Jun 26Jul 16Jul 23Jul 30Sep 50%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~09-05

Daily drainage

~0.33% / day

Days left (P50)

7701 days

P10 / P90 range

5391–10781 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.72

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -30%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 30% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.

Price vs EV — NJ field

134 games · break-even highlighted
$0$8$16$24$320.000.250.500.98YOU

No other active NJ games currently clear break-even.

Top-prize claim cadence · the roll

Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.

States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.

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