NJ · #1898 · $5

Colorword Cash

New Jersey· Launched Nov 2024· 613 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.60

USA percentile

21th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

0

$50,000 tier

% sold-through

80%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~11820d

P10–P90: 8274–16548d

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Colorword Cash is a $5 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1898). It launched in November 2024. As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $50 remain unclaimed, with roughly 80% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.60 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.60 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.60 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.Current daily drainage rate is 0.17% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~11820 days at this pace.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 21st percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

11 tiers · % remaining
$50K
0/6
0%
$500
31/336
$150
202/1.3K
$100
2.0K/10.9K
$70
1.5K/8.5K
$50
5.4K/27.0K
$30
12.0K/70.9K
$20
17.2K/71.0K
$15
12.1K/70.9K
$10
49.9K/283.4K
$5
104.8K/496.4K

Total unclaimed prize value: $2.52M — 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 · 21th
USA: 21th percentileNJ: 16th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29Dec 150%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~12-15

Daily drainage

~0.17% / day

Days left (P50)

11820 days

P10 / P90 range

8274–16548 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.60

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +33%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 33% above the 30-day mean — velocity accelerating.

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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