NJ · #1963 · $5

$500 Cash Craze

New Jersey· Launched Mar 2026· 134 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.71

USA percentile

66th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

2

$200,000 tier

% sold-through

54%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~134d

P10–P90: 94–188d

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$500 Cash Craze is a $5 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1963). It launched in March 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $200 remain unclaimed, with roughly 54% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.71 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.71 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.71 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.50% of $200,000 prizes still unclaimed at 54% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 34.00% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~134 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 66th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

10 tiers · % remaining
$200K
2/4
50%
$500
4.1K/9.2K
$200
471/1.1K
$100
7.3K/16.5K
$50
13.4K/30.0K
$40
6.4K/14.4K
$25
16.2K/36.2K
$20
40.6K/90.6K
$10
205.3K/453.1K
$5
250.4K/543.7K

Total unclaimed prize value: $8.73M — 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 · 66th
USA: 66th percentileNJ: 75th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29Dec 170%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~12-17

Daily drainage

~34.00% / day

Days left (P50)

134 days

P10 / P90 range

94–188 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.71

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -3%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

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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