NJ · #1904 · $2

Birthday Surprise

New Jersey· Launched Jul 2025· 370 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.65

USA percentile

42th

of 1,986 games

Top prizes left

2

$10,000 tier

% sold-through

55%

2026-07-28

Forecast sellout

~299d

P10–P90: 209–419d

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Birthday Surprise is a $2 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1904). It launched in July 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $10 remain unclaimed, with roughly 55% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.65 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.65 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.65 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.67% of $10,000 prizes still unclaimed at 55% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 15.17% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~299 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 42nd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

10 tiers · % remaining
$10K
2/3
67%
$1K
11/24
$500
54/120
$100
730/1.8K
$50
2.9K/7.0K
$20
22.8K/53.1K
$10
49.2K/112.1K
$5
58.8K/129.8K
$4
64.5K/141.7K
$2
76.0K/171.0K

Total unclaimed prize value: $1.93M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 1,986 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 · 42th
USA: 42th percentileNJ: 44th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 28Jun 3Jun 9Jun 15Jun 21Jun 27Jul 16Jul 22May 230%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~05-23

Daily drainage

~15.17% / day

Days left (P50)

299 days

P10 / P90 range

209–419 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.65

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

131 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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