NJ · #1970 · $5

Chocolate Cash

New Jersey· Launched Apr 2026· 152 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.70

USA percentile

62th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

2

$100,000 tier

% sold-through

52%

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

~396d

P10–P90: 277–554d

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Chocolate Cash is a $5 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1970). It launched in April 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $100 remain unclaimed, with roughly 52% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.70 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.70 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.70 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.50% of $100,000 prizes still unclaimed at 52% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 12.17% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~396 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 62nd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

10 tiers · % remaining
$100K
2/4
50%
$5K
22/40
$2K
42/84
$500
416/911
$100
10.0K/21.0K
$50
23.3K/49.5K
$25
23.5K/49.3K
$20
98.0K/205.9K
$10
218.0K/453.1K
$5
161.6K/329.6K

Total unclaimed prize value: $8.30M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,082 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 · 62th
USA: 62th percentileNJ: 73th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jun 9Jun 18Jun 27Jul 19Jul 27Aug 4Aug 14Aug 23Oct 10%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~10-01

Daily drainage

~12.17% / day

Days left (P50)

396 days

P10 / P90 range

277–554 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.70

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -2%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — NJ field

137 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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