NJ · #1966 · $2

America's 250th Anniversary

New Jersey· Launched Apr 2026· 126 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.61

USA percentile

25th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$10,000 tier

% sold-through

82%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~117d

P10–P90: 82–164d

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America's 250th Anniversary is a $2 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1966). It launched in April 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $10 remains unclaimed, with roughly 82% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.61 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.61 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.61 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.17% of $10,000 prizes still unclaimed at 82% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 15.67% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~117 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 25th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

10 tiers · % remaining
$10K
1/6
17%
$2K
3/16
$250
60/478
$100
315/2.2K
$50
1.8K/12.1K
$20
12.7K/81.0K
$10
18.8K/113.4K
$5
29.8K/162.0K
$4
41.4K/226.8K
$2
94.3K/485.9K

Total unclaimed prize value: $1.10M — 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 · 25th
USA: 25th percentileNJ: 25th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29Nov 300%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~11-30

Daily drainage

~15.67% / day

Days left (P50)

117 days

P10 / P90 range

82–164 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.61

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -16%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 16% 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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