NJ · #1940 · $5

Emerald 5X

New Jersey· Launched Oct 2025· 307 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.63

USA percentile

34th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

0

$155,000 tier

% sold-through

90%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~1944d

P10–P90: 1361–2722d

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Emerald 5X is a $5 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1940). It launched in October 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $155 remain unclaimed, with roughly 90% 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.Current daily drainage rate is 0.50% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~1944 days at this pace.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 34th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

11 tiers · % remaining
$155K
0/3
0%
$10K
0/12
$2K
3/24
$500
24/453
$100
835/10.4K
$55
2.0K/21.0K
$50
2.0K/21.9K
$25
8.2K/92.7K
$20
13.3K/148.2K
$10
46.2K/481.6K
$5
24.6K/222.4K

Total unclaimed prize value: $1.37M — 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 · 34th
USA: 34th percentileNJ: 32th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 29Jun 5Jun 12Jun 19Jun 26Jul 16Jul 23Jul 30Dec 10%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~12-01

Daily drainage

~0.50% / day

Days left (P50)

1944 days

P10 / P90 range

1361–2722 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.63

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -10%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

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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