New Jersey· Launched Jan 2026· 271 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.58
USA percentile
15th
of 2,159 games
Top prizes left
0
$30,000 tier
% sold-through
88%
2026-10-26
Forecast sellout
~305d
P10–P90: 214–427d
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Big Money Spectacular is a $2 scratch-off game from the New Jersey lottery (game #1964). It launched in January 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $30,000 remain unclaimed, with roughly 88% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey lottery. Our models put its expected value at 0.58 per dollar, returning about $0.58 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 21 of 22 $2 games on sale in New Jersey.
THE THESIS
At 0.58 EV/$, this game ranks 21 of 22 same-price games on sale in New Jersey (median 0.63).
Total unclaimed prize value: $1.83M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
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.
Daily drainage
~4.00% / day
Days left (P50)
305 days
P10 / P90 range
214–427 d
EV at P50 sellout
0.58
Trailing 7-day claim rate 25% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
No other active NJ games currently clear break-even.
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.
ABOUT THIS GAME
As of October 26, 2026, 0 of the 5 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 16 prize levels the lottery reports, 329,603 of 2,701,130 prizes (12%) remain; every $30,000 prize has already been claimed.
At current prize levels a $2 ticket returns about $1.17 on average (0.58 per dollar), which ranks 21 of 22 $2 games on sale in New Jersey, below the $2 median of 0.63. Among every New Jersey game with a computable value it is 126 of 142; nationally it sits in the 15th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 51,007 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize; at the current pace the remaining tickets would sell out in about 305 days (likely range 214–427).
New Jersey also sells 3 other issues of Big Money Spectacular: game #1887, game #1979 and game #1923. Each issue has its own print run and prize pool, so their odds and remaining prizes differ.
Figures come from the prize data the New Jersey lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the October 26, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
SIMILAR PLAYS IN NJ
Same state · same price tier · similar EV signal
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