NJ · #1893 · $2

Cold Cash

New Jersey· Launched Jan 2025· 604 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.63

USA percentile

36th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

1

$10,000 tier

% sold-through

77%

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

~403d

P10–P90: 282–564d

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Cold Cash is a $2 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1893). It launched in January 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $10 remains unclaimed, with roughly 77% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.63 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.63 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.63 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.33% of $10,000 prizes still unclaimed at 77% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 5.67% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~403 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 36th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

8 tiers · % remaining
$10K
1/3
33%
$200
45/198
$100
362/2.0K
$50
5.1K/25.1K
$20
6.6K/32.0K
$10
34.0K/159.9K
$5
75.1K/336.0K
$2
114.9K/479.9K

Total unclaimed prize value: $1.39M — 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 · 36th
USA: 36th percentileNJ: 33th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jun 9Jun 18Jun 27Jul 19Jul 27Aug 4Aug 14Aug 23Oct 80%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~10-08

Daily drainage

~5.67% / day

Days left (P50)

403 days

P10 / P90 range

282–564 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.63

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · 0%

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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