NJ · #1887 · $2

Big Money Spectacular

New Jersey· Launched Dec 2024· 597 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.59

USA percentile

17th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$30,000 tier

% sold-through

91%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

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Big Money Spectacular is a $2 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1887). It launched in December 2024. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $30 remains unclaimed, with roughly 91% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.59 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.59 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.59 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.20% of $30,000 prizes still unclaimed at 91% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.91% sold-through with sufficient prize coverage remaining across all tiers.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 17th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

16 tiers · % remaining
$30K
1/5
20%
$5K
0/4
$1K
2/44
$500
21/260
$100
597/7.9K
$75
381/5.9K
$50
2.3K/30.3K
$25
4.7K/64.9K
$20
8.3K/108.1K
$15
13.2K/173.0K
$10
14.2K/172.9K
$5
19.1K/216.2K
$4
23.4K/259.6K
$3
40.4K/432.5K
$2
65.4K/648.5K
$2
63.2K/605.3K

Total unclaimed prize value: $1.43M — 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 · 17th
USA: 17th percentileNJ: 12th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29Aug 50%25%50%75%100%TODAY

Insufficient historical data for sellout projection.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +5%

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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